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- Nov 07, 2020
Mistake Quotes
On getting it wrong, and what came after.
This mistake quotes page ranges from a lighthearted dietary misstep to more serious reflections on management errors and misplaced priorities. See our Regret quotes for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Permanent
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't get the degree because in my last year, for my thesis film I made a feature called Permanent Vacation and they'd given me a scholarship, the Louis B Mayer fellowship and they made a mistake.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know anyone in the public eye who has not made a mistake and said something in a manner that does not truly reflect their intentions.
- Nov 07, 2020
We all have to work for happiness. And you cannot listen to other people. That is the worst mistake you can make.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was doing the 'Vogue' fashion awards when I was 16, live on VH1. I was coming down the steps, and I'm a really hard walker. I hadn't had a mistake yet in my career. Everything had been perfect. So I come down the steps on live TV, and I slip. I didn't fall, but you could see the look on my face. I was mortified. I was devastated.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of getting old is horrific, but I don't want to make it worse by becoming a grotesque caricature. A lot of people have made that mistake of trying so hard to hang on to their looks that they make themselves look really scary.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only mistake guys can make is to try too hard with their appearance. There's something very unmanly about it.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Young entrepreneurs, in general, feel they're too busy running their companies, which I think is a mistake. But once they're older, you see much more of a propensity to be involved in philanthropy.
- Step
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know, when something's not working to have the guts to reverse it. And the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger.
- Perception
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- Nov 07, 2020
The perception of Donald Trump in capitals around the world is shaped, in many ways, by CNN. Continuing to have an adversarial relationship with that network is a mistake.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
One can have many regrets in life, but they are temporary. There are lessons to learn from every mistake.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.
- Nov 07, 2020