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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
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only knowing two hours before the game that you are playing is not a problem. You prepare as though you're playing. If you don't, that's the mistake.
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
We tell anybody who asks that we think Apple is making a big mistake by not being compatible.
- Big Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
We often mistake the artificial chemical and psychological thrill of fake edges for the real. In fact we often seek them out as a substitute for the reality of change, growth and exploration. Our minds and bodies help us in this, as they react much the same to this simulations as to the real world.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trying to understand the way nature works involves a most terrible test of human reasoning ability. It involves subtle trickery, beautiful tightropes of logic on which one has to walk in order not to make a mistake in predicting what will happen. The quantum mechanical and the relativity ideas are examples of this.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like relaxed sets. I like to feel that I can make a mistake without feeling like I'm costing somebody money. I like a sense of freedom. I like it when people are open and are willing to let you do your work.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nominating Susan Rice for Secretary of State is a mistake not just because of her Sunday show deceptions but because her tenure as America's representative to the U.N. has been unworthy of a promotion.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without being personal.
- Key
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I think it's possible to mistake desire for clarity and talking in a no-nonsense way for aggression.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020