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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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people tell me that such and such a scene or story is comical, I tend to gape. I did not intend comedy - ever, as far as I know. It's probably all a mistake. I am essentially a lugubrious writer. Ha ha!
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes, there can be a slightly condescending assumption that anything unlikable about a female character is a mistake, as if they're a contestant in a beauty pageant and have to seem charming and upbeat all the time.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
One mistake is that managers practice position-ship rather than leadership. They focus on constituency, the people they need the most and depend on, only caring about how they are viewed by the leaders above them, thereby following position-ship.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been called a lot of things. But never, and I mean never, could anyone ever make the mistake of calling me a Yankee fan.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made a lot of good friends in Philadelphia and the last thing that I would want to do is dog anyone in that clubhouse. If I made it sound like that, it was a mistake.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I may have made a mistake in renouncing my Canadian citizenship, which I have never ceased to promise to try to regain.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mistake people that want to be actors make is to move to New York or L.A. right away. But it's like... go act somewhere first. Be an actor. A story is a story, and an audience is an audience, no matter where you're doing it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they're profound or they're deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways of phrasing things.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see the staff and crew on the set as my equals. When I make a mistake, they know they can call my attention or even tell me what to do.
- Style
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be a big mistake to think that Chekhov was a natural, that he did not have to work for his effects and singular style.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started my first business out of my college dorm room - DJ Connection - and grew it to more than 4,000 events per year. Sounds easy, but while doing that, I made every mistake in the book.
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.
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- Nov 07, 2020