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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.
stayed
My father was convinced, I think rightly, that if he stayed in Russia, he would have trouble with Lenin. Leonid Hurwicz
stayed
When I was in my 20s in the 1970s, I read all of Jean Rhys. I have reread very little since because the first impressions were so powerful they have stayed with me. Linda Grant
stayed stopped
Going through different places, I stopped through Dubai and stayed there overnight. There I had an ultra-culture shock. Tequan Richmond
stayed
On an intellectual level, it stayed up on that level, ... It didn't get down to anything grisly, so I was delighted. Pat Buchanan
stayed
Short-range shots, you're going to know where it's going to come off, so I just stayed with it. Cameron Bennerman
stayed until
She never showed up, ... We stayed until 4 in the morning. We don't know why she didn't come.
stayed
So I've had lots of different bands over the years who have stayed with me for certain tours. Joan Armatrading
stayed
I didn't go to school, because I never stayed anywhere long enough, so I was completely closed off from the outside world. I had no idea about anything. Neon Hitch
stayed women
I want to be one of those moms and women that when I look back, I know that I always stayed focused. Ciara