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- 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
- Biggest Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest difference between the private sector and public sector is in the private sector, there's a sense of urgency because you have customers and you have competitors. Whereas in government, one of your major objectives is to not make any really big mistakes.
- Blunder
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have made so many mistakes, and such really stupid ones, I would start blubbing away if I could remember even half of them. But do not dwell on cock-ups, I say. You don't learn by your mistakes - at least I don't - so best to blunder on making fresh ones.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made mistakes. I let other people influence me and make decisions, sometimes without my knowledge.
- Handed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes and always count their change when it is handed to them.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Individual investors beware: If you're constantly worried about a crash, you're probably making some big mistakes - and losing a lot of money in the process.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am human and I make mistakes.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are going to be losses. There are going to be bad plays. There are going to be mistakes.
- Nov 07, 2020
The mistakes you make and lessons you learn at a young age are what gets you to an Olympic level.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell myself that some names can be mistakes, like Mxyplyzyk, a store in New York that lost customers because few could spell its name to look up the address. I tell myself that lots of writers agonize over titles, and often get them wrong at first.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020