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mistake power order
It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake greatness ignorant
True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant.
mistake flirting errors
Total freedom from error is what none of us will allow to our neighbors; however we may be inclined to flirt a little with such spotless perfection ourselves.
mistake ignorance writing
Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase.
mistake creativity science
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.
mistake block sweat
Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel before my conscious mind became aware of it, and threw on the brakes. So I've learned not to sweat it: take two days off, then back up a chapter, read through, and try to work out why I'm suddenly uneasy about continuing. Charles Stross
mistake ends chains
Fatal accidents never happen because of just one mistake. It takes a whole chain of stupids lining up just so to put a full stop at the end of an epitaph.
mistake men thank-god
Men talk of "the mistakes of Scripture." I thank God that I have never met with any. Mistakes of translation there may be, for translators are men. But mistakes of the original word there never can be, for the God who spoke it is infallible, and so is every word he speaks, and in that confidence we find delightful rest. Charles Spurgeon
mistake beginning-middle-and-end execution
A sermon without Christ as its beginning, middle, and end is a mistake in conception, a crime in execution.
too-much fables labels
Don't rely too much on labels, for too often they are fables
too-much used changed
Everything has changed. I cannot be used anymore. Those days are over. I know too much. What I do now, I do for me. China Mieville
too-much pebbles diamond
Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles. Bryce Courtenay
too-much week working-it
When you start working on a series, it's almost too much work. It's like a movie a week. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
too-much taste littles
To loathe the taste of sweetness, whereof little more than a little is by much too much. William Shakespeare
too-much energy down-and
I don't really read too much. It really is counter to my energy. I can't sit down and concentrate on words. Charlie Bewley
too-much bears would-be
We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear. Bill Russell
too-much gin drank
Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin. Edward Gorey
too-much because-i-can bother
It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much. David Hockney
made clear ifs
If I've made myself clear, I've misspoken. Alan Greenspan
made angle
Every angle that I looked at was somebody who I admired and was better than me. So it made me very afraid. Chris Bauer
made bigs
I'd like to have made one of those big splashy Technicolor musicals with Rita Hayworth. Cary Grant
made print
I made friends with a lot of those who could have criticized me in print and who didn't, who praised me instead. Charles Kuralt
made obvious reader
Readers are made by readers - it is so obvious it is almost banal to say it. Aidan Chambers
made
Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me. Bernie Mac
made should disposable
Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable. David Tudor
made ache
It was all the things you could never understand and could never possess that made you ache. Deb Caletti
made
you had nothing to say about it and yet made the nothing up into words. C. S. Lewis