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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move.
- Fate
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one should make the mistake of thinking that three or four movies are going to change their fate.
- Kindness
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- Nov 07, 2020
A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let there be no mistake: John W. Nordstrom was no retail expert. But throughout his life, he did what he had to do - hopefully we all have that in us.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got the offer to do 'Weird Ernie' in the pilot, I was living in New York, and somebody had made a mistake, and they made an offer that was supposed to be $2,500 for the job, but they offered $25,000. I couldn't turn that down. I'd never heard of anything like that!
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my earliest ventures was when I was nine years old. I realized there was a shortage of pencils at school, so I started Rent-a-Pencil. But I made a fundamental mistake. Everybody stole my pencils.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through the learning experiences, I've been trying to eliminate mistakes. I don't want the same mistake to happen twice.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm afraid of making a mistake. I'm not totally neurotic, but I'm pretty neurotic about it. I'm as close to totally neurotic as you can get without being totally neurotic.
- Developmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a mistake to try to use play to deliberately foster developmental progress.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a huge mistake not to embrace social media. We need to stay in touch and stay relevant to young people.
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- Nov 07, 2020