#mistakes

I am a scholar of life. Every night before I go to sleep, I analyze every detail of what I did that day. I evaluate things and people, which helps me avoid mistakes. ↗

— Compay Segundo

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Frankly, I've got to admit that I'm not perfect and have made some mistakes as some of the colourful stories about me reveal. ↗

— Peter Slipper

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The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can. ↗

— Liz Smith

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I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage. ↗

— Ringo Starr

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I've made some mistakes before. ↗

— Jenn Suhr

#i #made #mistakes #some

Most of the time I've worked in labs if I didn't encounter something in a week entirely unexpected and surprising I'd consider it a lost week. Lots of that is due to mistakes and stupidity, but it could open a new line of inquiry. Something really good turns up once in a hundred times, but it makes the whole day worthwhile. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

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Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made. ↗

— Bill Cosby

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However, I have a low opinion of people with narrow political horizons. Someone who talks about the environment and knows nothing about economics can make as many mistakes as someone who does the opposite. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

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Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations. ↗

— Steve Jobs

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I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes. ↗

— Marie Louise

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