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"I really don't know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because Scarlett is not my kind of person. She's virtually illiterate, has no taste, never learns from her mistakes."

"I really don't know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because Scarlett is not my kind of person. She's virtually illiterate, has no taste, never learns from her mistakes."

Alexandra Ripley, American Writer

Mistake, Mistakes, Taste, Trouble, Writing

5

"The writers want to know were you made your mistake, no how well your curve is breaking."

"The writers want to know were you made your mistake, no how well your curve is breaking."

Alvin Dark, American Athlete

Mistake, Want, Writers

5

"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

4

"Suppose you were working at your job one day, and you made a little mistake. Then all of a sudden a red light went on over your desk, and fifteen thousand people stood up and yelled at you that you sucked?"

"Suppose you were working at your job one day, and you made a little mistake. Then all of a sudden a red light went on over your desk, and fifteen thousand people stood up and yelled at you that you sucked?"

Jacques Plante, Canadian Athlete

Mistake, People, Day, Job

4

"It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means."

"It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means."

Lydia M. Child, American Activist

Mistake, Evil, Fight, Right

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better."

"I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

4

"I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful."

"I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful."

Spike Lee, American Director

Mistake, Faults, Film

4

"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

4

"I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare."

"I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare."

Vladimir Horowitz, American Musician

Mistake, Play, Want, Will

4

"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

4

"I think the human race made a big mistake at the beginning of the industrial revolution, we leaped for the mechanical things, people need the use of their hands to feel creative."

"I think the human race made a big mistake at the beginning of the industrial revolution, we leaped for the mechanical things, people need the use of their hands to feel creative."

Andre Norton, American Writer

Mistake, People, Beginning, Revolution

4

"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

4

"Since I was a kid, he's told me to learn from his mistakes."

"Since I was a kid, he's told me to learn from his mistakes."

Scott Caan, American Actor

Mistake, Mistakes

4

"It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent."

"It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Mistake, Mistakes

4

"I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently."

"I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently."

Hansie Cronje, South African Athlete

4

"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

4

"A bachelor is a man who never makes the same mistake once."

"A bachelor is a man who never makes the same mistake once."

Ed Wynn, American Entertainer

4

"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."

"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Mistake, Problems

4

"A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is."

"A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is."

Pauline Kael, American Critic

Mistake, Anxiety, Judgment

4

"Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all."

"Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all."

Charles Schumer, American Politician

Mistake, Inaction

4

"The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision."

"The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision."

John Major, British Politician

Mistake, Decision

4

"There's no sort o' mistake in little Bullet. He can pick up miles on his feet, and fling 'em behind him as fast as the next man's hoss, I don't care where he comes from. And he can keep at it as long as the sun can shine without resting."

"There's no sort o' mistake in little Bullet. He can pick up miles on his feet, and fling 'em behind him as fast as the next man's hoss, I don't care where he comes from. And he can keep at it as long as the sun can shine without resting."

Augustus Longstreet, American Lawyer

Mistake, Care, Feet, Man

4

"APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums."

"APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums."

Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch Scientist

Mistake, Future, Language, Perfection

4

"When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything."

"When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything."

Venus Williams, American Athlete

Mistake, Mistakes

4

"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

4

"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

4

"And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake."

"And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake."

Sanford I. Weill, American Businessman

Mistake, Trying

4

"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

4

"I'm a perfectionist, which I think is a mistake."

"I'm a perfectionist, which I think is a mistake."

Michelle Shocked, American Musician

4

"The Republicans are running wild with our tax dollars and it's been a mistake to let this administration continue a policy of incompetence when it comes to Iraq."

"The Republicans are running wild with our tax dollars and it's been a mistake to let this administration continue a policy of incompetence when it comes to Iraq."

Sherrod Brown, American Politician

Mistake, Policy, Tax, Incompetence

4

"It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves."

"It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

4

"There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us."

"There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us."

James Truslow Adams, American Historian

Mistake, Fault, Rest

4

"The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded."

"The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded."

Dale Turner, American Musician

Mistake, Nothing

4

"And you yourself always be seated at the middle fo the high table that your presence as lord or lady may appear openly to all, and that you may plainly see on either side all the service and all the faults."

"And you yourself always be seated at the middle fo the high table that your presence as lord or lady may appear openly to all, and that you may plainly see on either side all the service and all the faults."

Robert Grosseteste, English Statesman

Mistake, Faults, Lady, May, Service

4

"I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and keep moving forward, if you make a mistake say you made a mistake."

"I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and keep moving forward, if you make a mistake say you made a mistake."

John Frusciante, American Musician

4

"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

4

"It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own."

"It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own."

Jessamyn West, American Author

Mistake, Mistakes

4

"The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one."

"The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one."

John C. Maxwell, American Clergyman

Mistake, Fear, Living, Will

4

"The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style."

"The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style."

Fred Astaire, American Actor

Mistake, Mistakes, Right, Style

4

"It didn't get into Sundance although I showed a rough cut which is a mistake to all filmmakers out there."

"It didn't get into Sundance although I showed a rough cut which is a mistake to all filmmakers out there."

Donal Logue, Canadian Actor

4

"We made only one real mistake. And even then we were right."

"We made only one real mistake. And even then we were right."

Ben Bradlee, American Editor

4

"That's one of our biggest problems, it's always somebody else's fault instead of our own fault."

"That's one of our biggest problems, it's always somebody else's fault instead of our own fault."

Don Young, American Politician

Mistake, Fault, Problems

4

"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

4

"There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights."

"There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

4

"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

4

"Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C."

"Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C."

Kristi Noem, American Politician

Mistake, Conservatism, Now, Washington

4

"A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal."

"A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal."

William Allen White, American Editor

Mistake, Learning

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