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“The Indians didn't help me in dealing with the media. I think they wanted to keep my market value down. I'm moody. I know that. I've made some mistakes, but if I was a bad person, would someone want to pay me $55 million, would I have a scholarship fund my mother runs that pays for kids to go to school?”

Ifs Thinking Knows Want Persons Made Helping Running Kids Wanted School Mother Values Pay Mistake Millions Media Help Me Fund Scholarship Moody

Author:Albert Belle

“Congress is thinking about eliminating a federal program under which scientists broadcast signals to Alien beings. This would be a large mistake. Alien beings have atomic blaster death cannons. You cannot cut off their federal programs as if they were merely poor people.”

People Ifs Thinking Would Be Poor Mistake Cutting Program Scientist Congress Aliens Signals Poor People Eliminating Cannons

Author:Dave Barry

“These are young people who made mistakes that aren't that different than the mistakes I made and the mistakes that a lot of you guys made, we have a tendency sometimes to almost take for granted or think it's normal that so many young people end up in our criminal justice system. It's not normal. ... What is normal is teenagers doing stupid things.”

“Because the results are expressed in numbers, it is easy to make the mistake of thinking that the intelligence test is a measure like a foot ruler or a pair of scales. It is, of course, a quite different sort of measure. Intelligence is not an abstraction like length and weight; it is an exceedingly complicated notion - which nobody has yet succeeded in defining.”

Thinking Different Courses Easy Results Numbers Mistake Feet Tests Weight Notion Complicated Scales Pairs Length Rulers Abstraction Defining

Author:Walter Lippmann

“People really need to take time and read a book. You know? That’s my advice. You could read A New Slant on Life, you could read Dianetics. And I think if you really read it, you’ll understand it, but unless you do, you’ll speculate. And I think that’s a mistake to do that.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Life Needs Book Mistake Advice Take Time

Author:John Travolta

“Do not make the mistake of thinking that the soul is inside you, because if the soul is inside you, you will be outside it.”

Ifs Thinking Soul Mistake

Author:Krishnananda Saraswati

“If you're allowed to make your mistakes, I think you should. But people don't really like hearing you admit them. Although I'd never wanted to dump on the musicians that were involved in that... Because it was not their fault.”

People Ifs Thinking Should Wanted Mistake Involved Musician Faults Hearing Dump

Author:Joe Strummer

“I think everybody makes mistakes. People do things that they regret.”

People Thinking Mistake Regret Making Mistakes Everybody Makes Mistakes

Author:Nick Saban

“I've always thought that you don't love a country by turning a blind eye to its crimes and to a problem. The way that you love a country is by seeing everything that it's done wrong, all of its mistakes, and still thinking that it's beautiful and that it's worthy.”

Thinking Way Stills Country Done Problem Eye Beautiful Mistake Seeing Crime Blind Worthy Blind Eyes

Author:Junot Diaz

“It is a mistake to think that moving fast is the same as actually going somewhere.”

Thinking Moving Mistake Moving To Fast

Author:Steve Goodier

“We love Formula One and think Formula One's great. But we think Formula E is different. We would be making a big mistake if we tried to compete with Formula One and be similar to Formula One, we have to be radically different to Formula One to have a chance of survival. I don't mean survival by beating Formula One but co-existing complimentary to Formula One.”

Ifs Thinking Love Mean Different Bigs Would Be Chance Mistake Survival Formulas One Love Big Mistake Formula One

Author:Richard Branson

“No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could've done to help our children be better prepared for adulthood. And sometimes it's best to admit it to them and encourage them to learn from our mistakes.”

Thinking Looks Children Sometimes Done Helping Parent Perfect Mistake Our Children Prepared Adulthood Learning From Our Mistakes

Author:Billy Graham

“No one knows anything. You're going to make mistakes and you're going to do things that people think are stupid. You can't sit there and go, "I never want to make a mistake."”

People Thinking Knows Want Mistake Stupid Making Mistakes

Author:Bill Hader

“We are a very colorful family. Everybody knows our mistakes. But I think that people can relate to all of our mistakes and all or good and bad points.”

People Thinking Knows Mistake Relate Good And Bad Colorful

Author:Sharon Osbourne

“I think it's really important to be able to be honest with yourself and to know philosophically speaking what you've done wrong and when you've made a mistake, and acknowledge that, because you only learn from it.”

Thinking Knows Made Important Done Able Mistake Honest Being Honest Acknowledge Made A Mistake Honest With Yourself Be Honest With Yourself

Author:Billy Cobham

“I have no ambition for what society says is important as far as things like money, and all that kind of stuff. What I am ambitious about is I want to be the best wrestler that I can possibly be, and I think there's some sort of mistake in generations, as far as what he thinks as far as our generation lacking ambition.”

Thinking Want Kind I Can Important Stuff Mistake Generations Ambition Being The Best Ambitious Lacking Our Generation Wrestler

Author:Daniel Bryan

“I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read.”

Thinking Book Mistake Written

Author:Larry Winget

“You just can't be scared to do things that you think are mistakes.”

Thinking Mistake Scared

Author:Paul Schneider

“I think getting married was a mistake along the way, but at the same time I wouldn't have the wonderful children I have if I didn't get married.”

Ifs Thinking Way Children Mistake Wonderful Married Getting Married Wonderful Children

Author:Hugh Hefner

“I think all of us make the mistake of thinking we're going to change people when we get together. But we're not. People are who they are. And people change in their own time.”

People Thinking Together Mistake Get Together

Author:Madonna Ciccone

“I think it's a mistake to view North Korea as a government. It really is more like a criminal syndicate.”

Thinking Government Views Mistake Criminals Korea North Korea Syndicate

Author:Marco Rubio

“I think one of the things you have to have is a respect for the camera, a real respect, and a real love for it, and to really, when I say take it seriously, quote 'seriously', I mean not patronize it. It's a big mistake to patronize it and think it's a third rate medium, because it's not, it's a great art form.”

Thinking Mean Art Real Bigs Form Mistake Thirds Cameras Rate Mediums Real Love Great Art Big Mistake

Author:Anthony Hopkins

“I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to follow your initial [writing] plan too stringently. A story needs room to grow and evolve.”

Thinking Needs Writing Stories Grows Rooms Mistake Plans Evolve Initials Biggest Mistake

Author:Patrick Rothfuss

“I am completely open to doing a romantic comedy, but I will never do something just for the sake of doing a specific genre or because it's the time or place to do a different type of movie. I think that would be a huge mistake.”

Thinking Different Would Be Mistake Comedy Huge Type Sake Genre

Author:Leonardo DiCaprio

“I try to avoid purple patches, fine writing, all that kind of thing... because I think they're a mistake. And then sometimes it comes through and sometimes it doesn't, but that's not up to me. It's up to chance.”

Thinking Writing Trying Kind Sometimes Chance Mistake Fine Purple Patches

Book:Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations

Source: Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations

“We, the English educated Indians, often unconsciously make the terrible mistake of thinking that the microscopic minority of the English-speaking Indians is the whole of India.”

Thinking Whole Language Mistake Terrible India Educated Minorities English Language Englishmen English Speaking

Book:The Essential Writings

Source: The Essential Writings

“I sometimes think, Mary, that it is a mistake to have a dog for a nurse.”

Thinking Sometimes Animal Mistake Dog Nurse Mary

Author:James M. Barrie

“We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads. It is considered unhealthy in America to remember mistakes, neurotic to think about them, psychotic to dwell on them.”

People Thinking Want America Past Remember Mistake Neurotic Unhealthy Psychotic

Book:Scoundrel time

Source: Scoundrel time

“I simply don't like the culture of drugs. I never liked the hippies for it. I think it was a mistake to be all the time stoned and on weed. It didn't look right and it doesn't look right today either and the damage drugs have done to civilizations are too enormous. And besides, I don't need any drug to step out of myself. I don't want them and I do not need them.”

Thinking Want Needs Looks Done Today Culture Mistake Steps Civilization Drug Enormous Damage Weed Hippie

Author:Werner Herzog

“You make a great, very great mistake, if you think that psychology, being the science of the mind's laws, is something from which you can deduce definite programmes and schemes and methods of instruction for immediate schoolroom use.”

Ifs Thinking Mind Art Use Law Mistake Psychology Teaching Method Instruction Schemes Definite Programmes Great Mistakes Teaching Art

Book:Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

“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.”

Thinking Mistake Class Teacher Sitting Boss Sitting Down

Author:Philip Pullman

“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.”

“I know I made plenty of mistakes in my tenure. But one of the things that you learn is to be very careful and to protect yourself down the road a little bit, which is to say you've got to think ahead and think where is the story going to go? What are all the possible outcomes? And how do I protect the president from unexpected twists and turns in the road?”

“I think as human beings we contradict our feelings constantly, we make mistakes, but I think ultimately it comes down to actions to define how we feel about each other.”

Thinking Feels Humans Feelings Action Human Beings Mistake Making Mistakes We Make Mistakes

Author:Charlyne Yi

“It's a big mistake when encyclopedias say "loyal" - this dog, this breed has this ability to be loyal, to be a one person dog. I don't agree with that. I think all dogs are honest, all dogs have integrity, all dogs are loyal and they're all capable of loving you. It doesn't come from the breed. It comes from the dog.”

Thinking Persons Bigs Ability Mistake Honest Dog Integrity Capable Agree Loyal Loving You Encyclopedia Big Mistake

Author:Cesar Millan

“The other mistake I think people make is talking to who's available rather than talking to who they need to talk to.”

People Thinking Needs Mistake Talking Available

Author:Emmett Shear

“Really, I think among the many mistakes I've made over my life, one of them was caring so much about the short story.”

Thinking Made Stories Mistake Caring Short Story

Author:Charles D'Ambrosio

“It's not anything that is just perpetuated by White America or just perpetuated by Black America. It's just a cultural understanding that you're just not a part of the equation when it comes to sexuality and I think that people mistake your lack of opportunity with the level of your talent.”

People Thinking America Opportunity Understanding Black White Levels Mistake Talent Sexuality Equations Black America

Author:Viola Davis

“I think that if there was one mistake that I took away, it would affect the man that I am today.”

Ifs Thinking Men Today Mistake He Man One Mistake

Author:Kurupt

“I think that I the biggest thing that I need is more creative time. More time to make mistakes.”

Thinking Needs Mistake Creative Making Mistakes More Time

Author:Jacob Hashimoto

“Mistakes happen. Not every one of my suspensions was purposeful or intentional. A lot of that stuff happens spur of the moment in the middle of a game. I think I can bring that to the table. Sometimes emotions get the best of you. Things happen.”

Thinking I Can Sometimes Moments Happens Games Stuff Emotion Mistake Middle Tables Things Happen Spurs Suspension Stuff Happens Spur Of The Moment Mistakes Happen

Author:Chris Pronger

“Everybody reacts differently. For me defeat lingers around for different time periods. I can dwell on some for five minutes or sometimes I can still be thinking about it a week later. It all comes down to experience. You need to reflect on your mistakes and move on. Luckily you always get the opportunity to turn things around in your next performance.”

Thinking Needs Stills I Can Different Sometimes Moving Turns Next Opportunity Mistake Five Week Minutes Periods Performances Defeat Five Minutes Different Times Time Periods

Author:Filo Tiatia

“I love anybody who has convictions enough to make mistakes because only people who make mistakes get into enough trouble to be called drama, I think.”

People Thinking Enough Mistake Trouble Drama Conviction Making Mistakes

Author:James Marsters

“To judge sins is the business of one who is sinless, but who is sinless except God? Who ever thinks about the multitude of his own sins in his heart never wants to make the sins of others a topic of conversation. To judge a man who has gone astray is a sign of pride, and God resists the proud. On the other hand, one who every hour prepares himself to give answer for his own sins will not quickly lift up his head to examine the mistakes of others.”

Thinking Men Want Inspirational Giving Heart Hands Christian Hours Religious Sin Answers Mistake Gone Judging Pride Proud Conversation Lifts Orthodox Multitudes Topics

Author:Gennadius of Constantinople

“I think the biggest mistake anyone can make is trying to be the next someone, and try to mimic or copy someone who is already out there because you have to produce your own personality and your own sound, and go from there. That is something all great broadcasters have been able to do.”

Thinking Trying Has Beens Able Next Sound Mistake Produce Personality Copies Biggest Mistake Broadcasters

Author:Joe Bowen

“I think I'm much more afraid of making a mistake in raising my daughters than I would be with any work that I do, as an actor. It's a much higher scale of fear, raising kids.”

Thinking Would Be Kids Actors Mistake Higher Daughter Scales Making Mistakes My Daughter Raising Kids

Author:Bruce Willis

“He's not perfect. You aren't either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can.”

“There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.”

Thinking Made Games Sports Mistake Baseball Hitting Baseball Hitting

Author:Ted Williams

“I quite like mistakes. I think they're human.”

Thinking Humans Mistake

Author:Sting

“Hence it is a mistake to think, that the supreme or legislative power of any common-wealth, can do what it will, and dispose of the estates of the subject arbitrarily, or take any part of them at pleasure.”

Thinking Can Do Wealth Pleasure Common Mistake Subjects Supreme Estates

Book:Two treatises of government

Source: Two treatises of government

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