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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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Stross
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. Charles Spurgeon
bottles shots brandy
A shot of brandy can save your life, but a bottle of brandy can kill you. Cary Grant
bottles messages meals
I knew if I ate anything of hers again, it would lkely tell me the same message: help me, I am not happy, help me -- like a message in a bottle sent in each meal to the eater, and I got it. I got the message. Aimee Bender
bottles instinct entrepreneurial
The entrepreneurial instinct is in you. You can't learn it, you can't buy it, you can't put it in a bottle. It's just there and it comes out. Alan Sugar
bottles should pints
Every pint bottle should contain a quart. Boyle Roche
bottles should
A quart bottle should hold a quart. Boyle Roche
bottles paper pistols
I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol. Alexandre Dumas
bottles perfume release
Poems . . . are perfume bottles momentarily unstopped—what they release is volatile and will vanish, and yet it can be released again, Jane Hirshfield
bottles bread milk
I drank my bottle of milk and ate my morsel of bread somewhere on the outskirts, while I circumspectly studied my environment or else fell to meditating on my own harsh lot. Adolf Hitler
bottles coming hills roll
I think it's mental to pay for water. Where is that water coming from? Are they in the hills puttin' it into bottles when years ago it used to roll down and go into the lakes? Karl Pilkington
actors film crew
Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult. Alan Parker
actors want littles
I'm an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I'm just taking the best stuff that I can find that's sent my way, regardless of how big or little the paycheck is. I don't want to work for scale anymore. I'm at a point now where, no matter how good something is, I'm not going to kill myself and end up in the hole. Alan Arkin
actors burritos making-a-living
I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor. Alan Arkin
actors
I'm just like James Stewart, because I never studied to be an actor. Chris Burke
actors directors factories
As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors Chow Yun-Fat
actors want shows
As an actor you always want to be challenged and you always want to have someone tell you you can't do something, because I always want to be like "I can do it and I'll show you I can, and I'll do it better than anyone can". Chloe Grace Moretz
actors film theater
I fell in love with film. I didn't start out to be a film actor. I wanted to be a theater actor. Chiwetel Ejiofor
actors theater ifs
I wouldnt be the same actor if I couldnt do theater. Chiwetel Ejiofor
actors closets easier
The more it happens, the easier it is for others, although I do understand why some actors choose not to come out. I have several famous friends who are still in the closet. Cheyenne Jackson