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Mistake Quotes

"A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience."

"A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience."

Doug Larson, American Cartoonist

Mistake, People, Conscience, Memory

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"Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder."

"Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder."

Paul J. Meyer, American Businessman

Mistake, Mistakes

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"I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them."

"I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them."

Michael Bergin, American Actor

Mistake, Mistakes

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"Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough."

"Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough."

David Packard, American Businessman

Mistake, Mistakes, Questions

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"Mistakes were made is something we heard back in '92, and that has sort of been the Clinton administration's mantra. I can't imagine that Al Gore is going to pick up that statement and carry it through the next election."

"Mistakes were made is something we heard back in '92, and that has sort of been the Clinton administration's mantra. I can't imagine that Al Gore is going to pick up that statement and carry it through the next election."

Barbara Olson, American Journalist

Mistake, Mistakes

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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

14

"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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"Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it."

"Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it."

Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian Educator

Mistake, Mistakes, Tomorrow

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"Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes."

"Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes."

John C. Calhoun, American Statesman

Mistake, Mistakes

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"It was an amazing mistake to lose 10p on every copy because your sleeve is so expensive."

"It was an amazing mistake to lose 10p on every copy because your sleeve is so expensive."

Peter Hook, English Musician

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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 who never made a mistake, never made a discovery."

"He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery."

Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author

Mistake, Discovery

14

"I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make."

"I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

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"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

14

"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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"We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved."

"We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved."

John Breaux, American Politician

Mistake, Fault, Lies

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"We're kind of defined by our mistakes."

"We're kind of defined by our mistakes."

Tommy Shaw, American Musician

Mistake, Mistakes

14

"You just went right in and just recorded songs and listened them, and if there were any mistakes, then we would correct them and just went on... one take or two take."

"You just went right in and just recorded songs and listened them, and if there were any mistakes, then we would correct them and just went on... one take or two take."

Dennis Brown, American Musician

Mistake, Mistakes, Right, Songs

14

"If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim."

"If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim."

Richard Bach, American Novelist

Mistake, Fault, Responsibility

14

"Also, I plan to screw something up on every movie I do so that I can learn from my mistakes and become a better director with each project."

"Also, I plan to screw something up on every movie I do so that I can learn from my mistakes and become a better director with each project."

Richard King, American Director

Mistake, Mistakes, Project

14

"I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it's bad I'll say it's my fault. And that's what I can say so far in all the films that I've done, that if you don't like it, it's entirely my fault."

"I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it's bad I'll say it's my fault. And that's what I can say so far in all the films that I've done, that if you don't like it, it's entirely my fault."

Ken Burns, American Director

Mistake, Fault, Film, Want

14

"It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything new."

"It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything new."

Sophia Loren, Italian Actress

Mistake, School

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"Consider every mistake you do make as an asset."

"Consider every mistake you do make as an asset."

Paul J. Meyer, American Businessman

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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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"People mistake their limitations for high standards."

"People mistake their limitations for high standards."

Jean Toomer, American Author

Mistake, People, Limitations

14

"The only thing that really matters in the initial part of my career, the worst mistake I've ever made was try to do things to please the audience thinking how the audience is going to respond if I do this."

"The only thing that really matters in the initial part of my career, the worst mistake I've ever made was try to do things to please the audience thinking how the audience is going to respond if I do this."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

Mistake, Career, Thinking

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"Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it."

"Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Mistake, Fault, Timidity

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"The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires."

"The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

Mistake, Country, Garden, Kids

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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

14

"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

14

"Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything."

"Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything."

Billie Joe Armstrong, American Musician

Mistake, Mistakes

13

"Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to force your will upon someone, but dancing you don't have to force your will. It should be a lot easier because if I make a mistake I don't get hit."

"Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to force your will upon someone, but dancing you don't have to force your will. It should be a lot easier because if I make a mistake I don't get hit."

Evander Holyfield, American Athlete

Mistake, Boxing, Dancing, Force

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"Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars."

"Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars."

Fred Allen, American Comedian

Mistake, People, Hollywood, Stars

13

"I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's what the Democratic party ought to reach for."

"I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's what the Democratic party ought to reach for."

Theodore C. Sorensen, American Lawyer

Mistake, Democrats, Liberalism, Party

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"A lot of lawyers are set to tell me that it's not my fault I like to eat."

"A lot of lawyers are set to tell me that it's not my fault I like to eat."

Neil Cavuto, American Journalist

Mistake, Fault, Lawyers

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"Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China."

"Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China."

Steve Forbes, American Businessman

Mistake, Failure, Germany, World

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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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"But if you could make that mistake and press the send button and the entire world sees it forever."

"But if you could make that mistake and press the send button and the entire world sees it forever."

Gregg Easterbrook, American Author

Mistake, Press, World

13

"Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions."

"Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions."

Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist

Mistake, Obligation

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"You sit there waiting for the RED LIGHT to go on. You could be sitting there for five minutes, waiting, while the producer talks to the engineer. Then the light goes on you know that you mustn't make a mistake for at least 4 minutes."

"You sit there waiting for the RED LIGHT to go on. You could be sitting there for five minutes, waiting, while the producer talks to the engineer. Then the light goes on you know that you mustn't make a mistake for at least 4 minutes."

Jim Sullivan, English Musician

Mistake, Light, Waiting

13

"When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played."

"When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played."

Willie Stargell, American Athlete

13

"Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?"

"Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?"

Yeardley Smith, American Actress

13

"Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing."

"Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing."

Kevyn Aucoin, American Artist

Mistake, Mistakes, Nothing, Perfection

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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

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"Mistakes in themselves are unavoidable."

"Mistakes in themselves are unavoidable."

Ernest Mandel, Belgian Author

Mistake, Mistakes

13

"I don't know anyone in the public eye who has not made a mistake and said something in a manner that does not truly reflect their intentions."

"I don't know anyone in the public eye who has not made a mistake and said something in a manner that does not truly reflect their intentions."

Jim Jeffords, American Politician

Mistake, Eye, Intentions, Public

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"Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much."

"Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much."

Joan Collins, American Actress

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"The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism."

"The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

Mistake, Prejudice

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"Sure I should have been at the Fifa workshop for example, but I had personal reasons for not being there and looking back saying that it was a mistake for me not being there I would take the same decision because the personal situation has higher priority than a workshop."

"Sure I should have been at the Fifa workshop for example, but I had personal reasons for not being there and looking back saying that it was a mistake for me not being there I would take the same decision because the personal situation has higher priority than a workshop."

Jurgen Klinsmann, German Athlete

Mistake, Decision, Being, Example

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"It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken."

"It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

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