"A second chance doesn't mean anything if you haven't learned from your first mistake."
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"It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry a lighthearted woman."
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"Sexual harassment law is very important. But I think it would be a mistake if the sexual harassment law movement is the only way in which feminism is known in the media."
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"Success ... seems to be connected with action."
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"I want to be able to explain my mistakes. This means I do only the things I completely understand."
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"One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts."
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"Valuing differences is what really drives synergy. Do you truly value the mental, emotional, and psychological differences among people? Or do you wish everyone would just agree with you so you could all get along? Many people mistake uniformity for unity; sameness for oneness. One word--boring! Differences should be seen as strengths, not weaknesses. They add zest to life."
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"Our problem is that we make the mistake of comparing ourselves to other people. You are not inferior or superior to any human being...You do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success by comparing your accomplishments to your capabilities. You are 'number one' when you do the best you can with what you have."
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"It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error."
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"The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings."
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"My own success was attended by quite a few failures along the way. But I refused to make the biggest mistake of all: worrying too much about making mistakes."
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"By seeking and blundering we learn."
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"It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose."
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"The path to wisdom is not being afraid to make mistakes."
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"We all feel like idiots at one time or another. Even if we feel we're cool 98 percent of the time, that 2-percent doofus is poised to take over our bodies without any warning."
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"The greatest mistake marketers make is trying to create demand."
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"Hear this or not, as you will. Learn it now, or later -- the world has time. Routine, repetition, tedium, monotony, ephemeracy, inconsequence, abstraction, disorder, boredom, angst, ennui -- these are the true hero's enemies, and make no mistake, they are fearsome indeed. For they are real."
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"Learning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies."
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"This isnt the time to make hard and fast decisions, this is a time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere. Fall in love, a lot. Major in philosophy, because theres no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind and change it again, because nothings permanent."
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"I think the worst mistake you can make in stocks is to buy or sell based on current headlines."
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