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"I think it was in Moscow last year and I got changed for training the day before we played Moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do John's, me and John were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. John had done them I think. So yeah it is true."
Frank Lampard
"I think it was in Moscow last year and I got changed for training the day before we played Moscow, but the fact is they actually wanted to do John's, me and John were next to each other and they did mine by mistake. John had done them I think. So yeah it is true."
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"There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake."
Robert Fripp
"There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake."
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"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
"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."
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"I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky."
Monica Lewinsky
"I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky."
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"I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect."
Edward Gibbon
"I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect."
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"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
"It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent."
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"I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently."
Hansie Cronje
"I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently."
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"A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying."
B. F. Skinner
"A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying."
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"The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision."
John Major
"The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision."
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"I'd rather not pinpoint my mistakes."
Ally Sheedy
"I'd rather not pinpoint my mistakes."
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"A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it."
Christian Nestell Bovee
"A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it."
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"We'll do all right if we can capitalize on our mistakes."
Mickey Rivers
"We'll do all right if we can capitalize on our mistakes."
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"It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake."
Vincent D'Onofrio
"It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake."
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"I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it."
Jean Kerr
"I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it."
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"I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me."
Rafael Palmeiro
"I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me."
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"Lord, deliver me from the man who never makes a mistake, and also from the man who makes the same mistake twice."
William J. Mayo
"Lord, deliver me from the man who never makes a mistake, and also from the man who makes the same mistake twice."
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"Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed."
Lord Chesterfield
"Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed."
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"I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it."
Jack Johnson
"I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it."
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"So many of today's programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that's a big mistake."
Bobby Orr
"So many of today's programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that's a big mistake."
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"Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round."
Walter Annenberg
"Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round."
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"You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president."
William J. Clinton
"You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president."
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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."
Alain Prost
"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."
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"Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing."
Ken Hill
"Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing."
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"They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again."
Casey Stengel
"They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again."
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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."
Terence
"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."
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"And as a true athlete, mistakes haunt you forever."
Jim Otto
"And as a true athlete, mistakes haunt you forever."
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"We didn't make no mistakes. We didn't make no mistakes."
Joseph Jackson
"We didn't make no mistakes. We didn't make no mistakes."
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"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
"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."
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"Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that suits the label or they will be destroyed."
Steve Albini
"Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that suits the label or they will be destroyed."
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"I felt that I ostracized myself by my behavior, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes, that I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake? Why have I made so many mistakes?"
Sarah Ferguson
"I felt that I ostracized myself by my behavior, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes, that I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake? Why have I made so many mistakes?"
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"Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions."
Sam Rayburn
"Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions."
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"Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults."
Lord Chesterfield
"Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults."
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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."
Alexandra Ripley
"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."
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"I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850."
Henry A. Kissinger
"I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850."
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"You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission."
Edgar Bergen
"You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission."
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"Don't mistake niceness for weakness."
Jennifer Granholm
"Don't mistake niceness for weakness."
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"Don't be afraid to make a mistake, your readers might like it."
William Randolph Hearst
"Don't be afraid to make a mistake, your readers might like it."
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"The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it."
Timothy Geithner
"The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it."
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"A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal."
William Allen White
"A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal."
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"The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."
Anthony Burgess
"The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."
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"You make a mistake, you keep going."
Linda Gray
"You make a mistake, you keep going."
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"The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings."
Tahar Ben Jelloun
"The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings."
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"A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable."
Robert Fripp
"A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable."
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"The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office."
Dean Acheson
"The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office."
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"You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you."
Maxwell Maltz
"You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you."
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"I don't listen to my own records a lot. Once in a while - to check out my mistakes. Because you can always see a spot or two in the record where you could have done better. So you more or less study this way."
Ben Webster
"I don't listen to my own records a lot. Once in a while - to check out my mistakes. Because you can always see a spot or two in the record where you could have done better. So you more or less study this way."
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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."
Cesare Pavese
"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."
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"I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better."
Parker Stevenson
"I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better."
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"I feel greatly at fault in not having made a loud public protest about Belle Glade before this."
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
"I feel greatly at fault in not having made a loud public protest about Belle Glade before this."
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"The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few."
Philip Knight
"The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few."
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