#mistaken

We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

#believe #congressional #elections #especially #live

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#defeat #every #laughter #listen #mistaken

There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there wasn't really much confusion. ↗

— Tom Selleck

#burt #burt reynolds #confusion #could #did

Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity. ↗

— Barbara Stanwyck

#egotism #just #mistaken #usually

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger. ↗

— Kate Adie

#armed #contrary #danger #escort #even

I only came to serve you, and if you think otherwise, I must let you know that you are mistaken. ↗

— Jonathan Wild

#i #know #mistaken #must #only

The printing press was at first mistaken for an engine of immortality by everybody except Shakespeare. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#everybody #except #first #immortality #mistaken

In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still. ↗

— Criss Jami

#determination #first-impression #fool #foolish #genius

The moment I laid eyes on her I knew she was somebody else, somebody I could love. And since somebody else never showed up, I did fall in love with her. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#love #mistaken-identity #love

To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's painting and a forgery. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#forgery #life #love #mistaken #revelation