“Even if drugs are fully as destructive as they are usually claimed to be, it is morally wrong and demonstrably more destructive for government to deprive people of their unalienable, individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to make an utter mess of their own lives. Since human beings are inclined to learn more from the mistakes they make, rather than from their triumphs, the right to fail, for individuals and groups alike, may be even more important than the right to succeed, and it must be fiercely protected at almost any cost.” PeopleIfsHumansMayImportantGovernmentIndividualHuman BeingsMistakeFailingGroupsCostDrugSucceedMessTriumphDestructiveProtected Author:L. Neil Smith
“We should've been better, more disciplined. We made untimely mistakes defensively, as a group. This is really humbling for us. After winning the Stanley Cup, we got brought back down to earth, hard. Maybe the humbling is good for us in the long run.” ShouldLongMadeHardRunningEarthWinningMistakeGroupsCupsLong RunsNhlHumblingDown To EarthStanleyStanley Cup Author:Steve Yzerman
“Most young people make films to be accepted, to be discovered, when in fact that was the last idea with the group I went to film school with. To be discovered was not our intention. Our intention was to tell our story our way, and make our own mistakes and learn from film to film.” PeopleWayIdeasFactsStoriesSchoolLastsFilmYoungMistakeGroupsIntentionAcceptedFilm School Author:Haile Gerima
“The biggest message I've given our team, and I think it's really important, is first of all, no one can take away what happened last year. It's obviously a fun year, a terrific year. But I think a big mistake would be to try to compare themselves or ourselves to last year's team. I think the key really is, and I told them this: for you as a group, you're a different team.” ThinkingTryingYearsFirstsImportantDifferentBigsWould BeLastsGivenFunMistakeHappenedGroupsTeamKeysMessagesCompareLast YearTerrificBig Mistake Author:Tony Bennett
“The range of individuality in children is infinite, but every class of children seemed to have the same groups. And there was a chief girl and a chief boy - a girl that all the other girls of that age looked up to and imitated and a boy that all the boys looked up to and imitated. I realized that if I got them on my side and exclusively taught them for a couple of weeks, maybe for the first full term, then I wouldn't have any trouble. Teachers often make the mistake of thinking they're the boss of the class; they're not. The boss of the class is sitting down there somewhere.” IfsThinkingFirstsChildrenAgeGirlSidesTermMistakeClassBoysTeacherTroubleGroupsWeekTaughtCoupleSittingInfiniteIndividualityI RealizedChiefsRangeBossSitting DownOther Girl Author:Philip Pullman
“The feeling of being an Iraqi unites all ethnic groups within this country. Even the Kurds, who have traditionally pushed for their own state, see the benefits of the current situation. They enjoy an autonomous status in Kurdistan, while at the same time participating in decisions in Baghdad. But if neighboring states were to push for a partition of Iraq, it would be a horrible mistake.” IfsCountryStatesFeelingsWould BeEnjoyDecisionMistakeSituationGroupsBenefitsIraqCurrentsHorribleParticipatingBaghdadAutonomousPartitionKurdsEthnic GroupsCurrent SituationHorrible Mistakes Author:Zalmay Khalilzad