- Nov 07, 2020
Mistakes Quotes
On mistakes made, owned, and left behind.
This collection focuses on mistakes as part of learning - practicing a new piece and inevitably getting parts of it wrong along the way. Related reading: Better.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're allowed to have had a private life before politics in which we make mistakes and do things we should not.
- Learn
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the Republicans are trying to learn from their mistakes about attacks on women because the women's vote will backfire.
- Makes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody makes mistakes.
- Inspire
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- Nov 07, 2020
These 'mistakes' occur in my books for a reason. I have an agenda: I'm secretly trying to inspire kids to create their own stories and comics, and I don't want them to feel stifled by 'perfectionism.'
- Start
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the fiction students I teach, one of the most common mistakes is to start in the wrong place. Often the actual story doesn't begin until about a third of the way into their narratives. They start off instead with excessive scene-setting, metaphysical speculation, introducing nonessential dramatis personae, throat-clearing, etc.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I would have to watch the other children and learn from my mistakes. I would have to push myself to overcome the things most people don't have to think about. Brushing my teeth was very difficult because of the noise of the brush.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trying to forget or hide your mistakes is a huge error. Rather, hold them near and dear to your heart. Wear them proudly.
- Apple
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- Nov 07, 2020