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mistake golf swings
A golf swing is a collection of corrected mistakes. Carol Mann
mistake men long
No contradictions will arise as long as Finite Man does not mistake the infinite for something fixed, as long as he is not led by an acquired habit of mind to regard the infinite as something bounded. Carl Friedrich Gauss
mistake men talking
Not my idea of God, but God. Not my idea of H., but H. Yes, and also not my idea of my neighbour, but my neighbour. For don't we often make this mistake as regards people who are still alive -- who are with us in the same room? Talking and acting not to the man himself but to the picture -- almost the précis -- we've made of him in our own minds? And he has to depart from it pretty widely before we even notice the fact. C. S. Lewis
mistake mean calling
I was wondering — I mean — could there be some mistake? Because nobody called me and Scrubb, you know. It was we who asked to come here. You would not have called me unless I had been calling you. C. S. Lewis
mistake sleep government
Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant, a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor. The baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity at some point be sated; and since he dimly knows he is doing wrong he may possibly repent. But the inquisitor who mistakes his own cruelty and lust of power and fear for the voice of Heaven will torment us infinitely because he torments us with the approval of his own conscience and his better impulses appear to him as temptations. C. S. Lewis
mistake errors track
Of all the pitfalls in our paths and the tremendous delays and wanderings off the track, I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistakes, all that seems like error is not error; and it all has to be done. That which seems like a false step is the next step. Agnes Martin
mistake wish would-be
I have no wish to talk nonsense." "If you did, it would be in such a grave, quiet manner, I should mistake it for sense. Charlotte Bronte
mistake taken men
There is a perverse mood of the mind which is rather soothed than irritated by misconstruction; and in quarters where we can never be rightly known, we take pleasure, I think, in being consummately ignored. What honest man on being casually taken for a housebreaker does not feel rather tickled than vexed at the mistake? Charlotte Bronte
mistake army victory
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans. Charles de Gaulle
doe should sensible
She remembered, as every sensible person does, that you should never never shut yourself up in a wardrobe. C. S. Lewis
doe
One does not arrest Voltaire. Charles de Gaulle
doe authorship command
That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it. Charles Caleb Colton
doe attention loops
Anything that does not belong where it is, is an "open loop" pulling on your attention. David Allen
doe sense-of-humor persons
Not being funny doesn't make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humor does. David Rakoff
doe mets accomplished
No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with. Jane Austen
doe widows remarriage
The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. Jane Austen
doe sincerity emma
My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other? Jane Austen
doe action futility
The futility of action does not absolve one from the failure to act. - Janette Turner Hospital
reason cried
I cried when I turned 34 for no other reason than 34 sounded old to me at the time. Carol Leifer
reason form no-reason
Be happy for no reason is the most authentic form of happiness Carlos Drummond de Andrade
reason suspect
We have no reason to suspect this was anything other than, well, a burglary. Leonardo Alcivar
reason stand
We were at a disadvantage in the first half. I'm not going to stand here and say that was a reason we didn't play well. Jack Rio
reason rhetoric foe
The press is the foe of rhetoric, but the friend of reason. Charles Caleb Colton
reason
Faith is led confidently to expect what reason would never suggest. Charles Spurgeon
reasons specific
When it was put there in 1982, there were very specific reasons why, John Miner
reason three together worked
We used to play together two or three years ago, and it worked really well, ... There's no reason why it shouldn't work again. Milan Hejduk
reasonable
Anybody with a reasonable income can become financially independent in a lifetime. Thomas J. Stanley