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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.
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there are currently no bombs capable of functioning on the French rail network. Jacques Chirac
bombs
A bomb is blown up only once—but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control. Bill Joy
bombs language tyranny
With society and its public, there is no longer any other language than that of bombs, barricades, and all that follows. Antonin Artaud
bombs government home village
What 6,000 bombs (attacks by Palestinians) didn't do to my home and my village the government did. Ariel Sharon
bombs explosion french-writer
The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke. Octave Mirbeau
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We relied on runners and ambulance crews passing on information as they dropped patients off. When the last telephone call you receive said eight bombs have gone off, it sounded like Armageddon. Gareth Davis
bombs rhythm takes war
When writing, I'm not thinking about war, even if I'm writing about it. I'm thinking about sentences, rhythm and story. So the focus, when I'm working, even if it's on a story that takes place at war, is not on bombs or bullets. It's on the story. Tim O'Brien
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Robots already perform many functions, from making cars to defusing bombs - or, more menacingly, firing missiles. Children and adults play with toy robots, while vacuum-cleaning robots are sucking up dirt in a growing number of homes and - as evidenced by YouTube videos - entertaining cats. Peter Singer
bombs atomic-bomb mankind
Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap. Albert Einstein
sake fame
Fame for fame's sake is never a good road to go down. David Giuntoli
sake privilege spirit
We have been given the privilege to host this presence. The Holy Spirit is in me for my sake but he is upon me for yours. Bill Johnson
sake leisure hopeless
Leisure is non-work for the sake of work. Leisure is the time spent recovering from work and in the frenzied but hopeless attempt to forget about work. Bob Black
sake endeavor communicate
Do you love truth for truth's sake, and will you endeavor impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others? Benjamin Franklin
sake mud politician
A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal. Boris Yeltsin
sake
Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake! Jan Karon
sake time
The idea of being in control for the sake of control is not really important to me. If everyone is sharp and doing what they're doing well, you don't really need to be in control all the time. Tina Fey
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The world exists for its own sake, not for ours. Swallow *that* pill! Edward Abbey
sake wealth making-money
The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else. Aristotle