- Justice
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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
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
For someone whose goal in life was to stay unemployed, I can't imagine what I thought was going to happen. I was so terrified of everything, I just thought I'd curl up in the gutter and die, and by a complete mistake, my life turned out to be absolutely wonderful.
- Greatest
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.
- Walk
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say it's not as hard as writing, because when you're a writer, you walk right into the pit all by yourself, but when you're a director, there are at least 80 people who scream, 'Don't do that!' when you make a mistake.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's a mistake to try and overthink how you are going to be received, because that assumes that you are going to be received in the first place.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Make no mistake about it, my friends - Republicans, the American people are never going to forget that it was you who shut down the government of the people.
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. It is a mistake.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
The assumption that Washington could and would resolve Lehman Brothers without a bankruptcy, as it had Bear Stearns, was the single biggest mistake in the series of mistakes in 2007 and 2008 that led to the financial panic and the ensuing epidemic of job losses.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
To say 'He played bad' is different from 'He is a bad player.' You understand? I make a mistake. It does not mean I am a bad person.
- Criticism
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a mistake to suppose that the Supreme Court is either honoured or helped by being spoken of as beyond criticism. On the contrary, the life and character of its justices should be the objects of constant watchfulness by all, and its judgments subject to the freest criticism.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you stop doing something, it doesn't mean you are rejecting the previous work. That's the mistake; it's not rejecting it, it's saying, 'I have exploited it enough now and I wish to take a look at another corner.'
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
We genuinely believe to this day that it was an honest genuine mistake and we never imagined the punishment would be eight months. The precedent dictated that it was unlikely to be that. We don't regret he played for that period.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020