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Mistake Quotes

"I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans."

"I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans."

Michael Chertoff, American Civil Servant

Mistake, People, Idea, Pain

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"Arnold has had his spokesman call me a crackpot. That was a mistake."

"Arnold has had his spokesman call me a crackpot. That was a mistake."

Warren Beatty, American Actor

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"We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN."

"We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN."

Christiane Amanpour, English Journalist

Mistake, Revolution, World

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"Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?"

"Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?"

Sarah Jessica Parker, American Actress

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"I finally figured out what my crime was. I lived. Big mistake."

"I finally figured out what my crime was. I lived. Big mistake."

Patty Hearst, American Celebrity

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"There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake."

"There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

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"We can afford almost any mistake once."

"We can afford almost any mistake once."

Joe E. Lewis, American Comedian

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"It doesn't matter if I don't succeed in something, what matters is that I learn from my mistakes."

"It doesn't matter if I don't succeed in something, what matters is that I learn from my mistakes."

Linda Evans, American Actress

Mistake, Mistakes, Succeed

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"Everybody said Peyton Place would be a mistake."

"Everybody said Peyton Place would be a mistake."

Dorothy Malone, American Actress

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"A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once."

"A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once."

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian

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"We didn't make no mistakes. We didn't make no mistakes."

"We didn't make no mistakes. We didn't make no mistakes."

Joseph Jackson, American Businessman

Mistake, Mistakes

45

"I was a stubborn cuss, and I made some mistakes."

"I was a stubborn cuss, and I made some mistakes."

Earl Butz, American Civil Servant

Mistake, Mistakes

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"The plays I remember are the plays I made a mistake."

"The plays I remember are the plays I made a mistake."

Jim Otto, American Athlete

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"Thongs don't show. With jeans, you're always going to get panty lines and I think that's just a big mistake."

"Thongs don't show. With jeans, you're always going to get panty lines and I think that's just a big mistake."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

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"I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850."

"I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850."

Henry A. Kissinger, American Statesman

Mistake, Being, First

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"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."

"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."

Ring Lardner, American Comedian

Mistake, Self, Temptation, Writers

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"If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed."

"If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed."

Calvin Klein, American Designer

Mistake, Mistakes

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"Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings."

"Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings."

Laurence J. Peter, Canadian Writer

Mistake, Faults, Parents, Psychiatry

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"You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future."

"You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future."

An Wang, American Businessman

Mistake, Failure, Future, Risk

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"Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances."

"Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances."

Cesare Pavese, Italian Poet

Mistake, Circumstances, First, Living

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"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can."

"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can."

Sydney Smith, English Clergyman

Mistake, Mistakes, Nothing

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"Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all."

"Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all."

Charles Schumer, American Politician

Mistake, Inaction

42

"As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes."

"As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes."

Mel Brooks, American Comedian

Mistake, Mistakes, World

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"Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration."

"Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration."

Edward Kennedy, American Politician

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"Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't."

"Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

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"Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great."

"Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great."

Edward Coke, English Businessman

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"No writer of a portion of the Bible was perfect. It was the direct and miraculous operation of the Holy Spirit that what they wrote is without mistake."

"No writer of a portion of the Bible was perfect. It was the direct and miraculous operation of the Holy Spirit that what they wrote is without mistake."

Walter Lang, American Director

Mistake, Bible, Spirit, Writer

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"Whether it is successful or not is not the exercise for me. It is not up to me. It is out of my hands now. I am not going to in two years have hindsight and say I made a big mistake."

"Whether it is successful or not is not the exercise for me. It is not up to me. It is out of my hands now. I am not going to in two years have hindsight and say I made a big mistake."

Vince Gill, American Musician

Mistake, Successful, Exercise, Hindsight

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"I have found that I always learn more from my mistakes than from my successes. If you aren't making some mistakes, you aren't taking enough chances."

"I have found that I always learn more from my mistakes than from my successes. If you aren't making some mistakes, you aren't taking enough chances."

John Sculley, American Businessman

Mistake, Mistakes

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"I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it."

"I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it."

Jean Kerr, American Playwright

Mistake, Mistakes

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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."

"Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives."

Kenny Guinn, American Politician

Mistake, Children, Influence, Parents

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"Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake."

"Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake."

Alain Prost, French Celebrity

Mistake, Chance, Results

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"I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot."

"I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

Mistake, Mistakes, Past

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"I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes."

"I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes."

Billy Joel, American Musician

Mistake, Mistakes, Theory

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"To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult."

"To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult."

Plutarch, Greek Philosopher

Mistake, Fault, May

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"I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions."

"I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions."

Jeane Kirkpatrick, American Diplomat

Mistake, Virtue, Justice, Salvation

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"He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection."

"He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection."

Terence, Roman Writer

Mistake, Affection, Authority, Force

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"Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon."

"Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon."

Horatio Nelson, British Soldier

Mistake, Enemy, Gentlemen

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"I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect."

"I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

Mistake, People, Opinions, Respect

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"To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all."

"To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all."

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

Mistake, May, Mistakes

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"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."

"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."

Richard Curtis, New Zealander Writer

Mistake, Afghanistan, Events, Key

39

"When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause."

"When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause."

Wietse Venema, Dutch Scientist

Mistake, Cause, Software, Will

39

"Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions."

"Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions."

Sam Rayburn, American Politician

Mistake, Congress, Decisions

39

"An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve."

"An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve."

Ring Lardner, American Comedian

Mistake, Mistakes

39

"As for me, I did the stupidest thing in my life, which is saying a lot. I attacked the Titan Lord Atlas."

"As for me, I did the stupidest thing in my life, which is saying a lot. I attacked the Titan Lord Atlas."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Mistake, Truth, Regret, Power, Life

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"We had to support our player and genuinely felt, like Rio has said, that it was an honest mistake. It is important to know that Manchester United never said, and Rio Ferdinand never said, that a mistake hadn't been made."

"We had to support our player and genuinely felt, like Rio has said, that it was an honest mistake. It is important to know that Manchester United never said, and Rio Ferdinand never said, that a mistake hadn't been made."

David Gill, Scottish Scientist

Mistake, Support, United

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"The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies."

"The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies."

Daisy Bates, American Activist

Mistake, Enemies, Man, Woman

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"Taking me seriously is a big mistake. I certainly wouldn't."

"Taking me seriously is a big mistake. I certainly wouldn't."

Ani DiFranco, American Musician

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"He had a way with him. Before you had a chance to say no, he was there and done. That only happened to me once before, with a duke, who literally swept me off my feet, and before I knew what was happening, we'd done it. Another terrible mistake."

"He had a way with him. Before you had a chance to say no, he was there and done. That only happened to me once before, with a duke, who literally swept me off my feet, and before I knew what was happening, we'd done it. Another terrible mistake."

Christine Keeler, English Model

Mistake, Chance, Feet

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"The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam in charge of affairs over there."

"The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam in charge of affairs over there."

John Dingell, American Politician

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