- Habit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Correcting Quotes
On the patient, often unglamorous work of setting things right.
These quotes describe correcting in very different settings, from bringing a stalled film project back on track to the daily grind of fixing government mismanagement. The theme connects with Habit quotes about steady, repeated effort.
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- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
But that was my very first time on a set and they said, you know, you have to stand on a mark. That little piece of tape that you stand on is called a mark. I kept correcting them and telling them that my name was Michael and not Mark. They said, 'No, no honey.' I was a little green.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have taken a giant step forward in correcting some of the misconceptions people have about the church. I think that we've made a lot of friends.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
As 'Warrior' comes together, I can't help but feel the pride of correcting a wrong and helping bring Bruce Lee's dream project to life.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
We crime novelists have a great pulpit. We write about justice and about correcting injustice.
- Habit
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- Nov 07, 2020
How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are tools to help us through life.
- Nov 07, 2020
My wife saw a mug somewhere that says, 'I'm silently correcting your grammar.' I think that is perfect thing for me.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
In most languages, 'control' is the first synonym for the word 'manage.' Control is about spotting and correcting deviations from pre-defined standards; thus to control, one must first constrain.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is one of the reasons I write: to feel the Presence of God and know He is speaking to me in a very personal way, instructing me, correcting me, redirecting me.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I am a better person because of my struggles, because of my challenges and persevering through them and realizing the mistakes that I've made, correcting them.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I did 'Don't Look Back,' I no longer had Time-Life looking over my shoulder, so I could kind of do it as I wanted, and it was like I was really correcting 'Jane.'
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020