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Mistake Quotes
"The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake."
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"It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it."
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"The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it."
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"Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot."
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"He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today."
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"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing."
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"I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self."
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"Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement."
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"We tell anybody who asks that we think Apple is making a big mistake by not being compatible."
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"The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven."
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"We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but these mistakes need not be sins."
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"An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field."
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"An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it."
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"Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice."
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"There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons."
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"You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing."
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"Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none."
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"Make no mistake about why these babies are here - they are here to replace us."
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"I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes."
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"You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself."
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"The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!"
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"I behaved poorly by starting this whole thing and I made some mistakes in dealing with it, and they made some mistakes in dealing with me, and taking down all my stuff was probably one of them."
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"The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed."
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"I turned down a scholarship to Yale. The problem with college is that there's a tendency to mistake preparation for productivity. You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful."
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"Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives."
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"Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great."
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"Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake."
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"I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes."
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"A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous."
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"I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones."
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