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“The challenge of a fledgling is catching up with the shadows of his predecessors and shining light for his successors.”

Book:Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

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“I wanted to kind of make this like, 'Yeah, this is what Batman would be in the real world'. But I had forgotten that actually to a lot of comic fans, that smelling, not having a girlfriend—these are actually kind of heroic! So actually, sort of, Rorschach became the most popular character in Watchmen. I meant him to be a bad example. But I have people come up to me in the street saying, "I am Rorschach! That is my story!' And I'll be thinking: 'Yeah, great, can you just keep away from me, never come anywhere near me again as long as I live'?”

Batman Rorschach 2008 Watchmen Bad Example Lejorne Pindling Interview Street Law Productions

Author:Alan Moore

“Good advice is usually given by someone who was once a bad example.”

Life Wisdom Mistake Quote Good Irony Aphorism Bad Advise Good Advice Saying Bad Example Advisor

Book:The New Land

Source: The New Land

“Profiting little by good examples, I make use of those that are ill, which are everywhere to be found: I endeavor to render myself as agreeable as I see others offensive; as constant as I see others fickle; as affable as I see others rough; as good as I see others evil: but I propose to myself impracticable measures.”

Personal Development Self Examination Bad Example

Book:The Complete Essays

Source: The Complete Essays

“No one is completely useless. You can always serve as a bad example.”

Bad Example

Book:Life's That Way

Source: Life's That Way

“Catholics get on well with tyranny. It's in the culture.”

Humor Religion Tyranny Catholicism

Book:Altered Carbon

Source: Altered Carbon

“People voice a lot of noble beliefs that unfortunately are drowned out by their actions.”

Example Richelle Goodrich Richelle E Goodrich Actions Hypocrite Bad Example Actions Louder Than Words

Book:Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“His tone had been regretfully similar to a man's he had never met, but who remained ingrained in him as an example of what to never become.”

Anger Memory Tone Bad Example

Book:Handsome Vanilla

Source: Handsome Vanilla

“I had to set the mouse trap three times before I finally caught the mouse. And that’s because I under-estimated the mouse, I over-estimated the trap, and I under-estimated the fact that I over-estimated myself.”

Wisdom Determination Arrogance Discernment Trap Mouse Estimate

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Never underestimate your ability to underestimate yourself.”

Self Worth Underestimate Yourself Self Perception Self Examination Estimate

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Researchers have found that merely asking people to assume their initial judgment is wrong, to seriously consider why that might be, and then make another judgment, produces a second estimate which, when combined with the first, improves accuracy almost as much as getting a second estimate from another person.”

Forecasting Estimate

Book:Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

Source: Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

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