#stake | Page 142 of 1496

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

If the work is poor, the public taste will soon do it justice. And the author, reaping neither glory nor fortune, will learn by hard experience how to correct his mistakes. ↗

— Jacques-Louis David

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I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it's a risk worth running. ↗

— Ben Elton

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If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discern whether there are any patterns to our mistakes. ↗

— Robert Greene

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I have found that I always learn more from my mistakes than from my successes. If you aren't making some mistakes, you aren't taking enough chances. ↗

— John Sculley

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We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

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I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you. ↗

— Larry King

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I keep thinking someone's gonna show up and say, 'There's been a big mistake. The guy next door is supposed to be drawing the cartoon. Here's your shovel.' ↗

— Gary Larson

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I want to tell you that I think this war is a great mistake. ↗

— Pierre Laval

#i #i think #mistake #tell #think

A national primary election would electrify the people and give them a larger stake in the outcome. ↗

— Leopoldo Lopez

#give #larger #national #outcome #people