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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.
stealing great-writers good-writers
Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright. Aaron Sorkin
stealing immoral
It's immoral to steal, but you can take things. Anton Chekhov
stealing
All writers steal from their own lives. Brad Meltzer
stealing share limelight
You steal the limelight, you steal the market share Barbara Corcoran
stealing
Everyone steals from something or someone. Janice Dickinson
stealing-things stealing honestly
Honestly, I love stealing things. Creed Bratton
stealing taxpayer
We do take this seriously. It's like stealing taxpayer dollars. Bob Beasley
stealing streets
Love can be begged, bought, or received as a gift, one can find it in the street, but one cannot steal it. Hermann Hesse
stealing utopia possession
Some who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts. Khalil Gibran
abraham stay trying
We're just trying to stay upbeat,'' Abraham said. Brooks Bollinger
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No man made great by death offers more hope to lowly pride than does Abraham Lincoln; for while living he was himself so simple as often to be dubbed a fool.
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Although a madman, Norton wrote letters to Abraham Lincoln and Queen Victoria which they took seriously. Kerry Thornley
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Certainly in the Capitol you do get moments were you sort of take a deep breath and think of all the historic figures who have been in that building, like Abraham Lincoln, who have stood right in those same rooms to make the landmark decisions. Kevin Yoder
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Love is the basis of all forms of worship of which Abraham was the human prototype. Sathya Baba
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Look, you know and I know that it's either Abraham or Einstein, but dammit, a free beer is a free beer!
abraham almost shared stands
Abraham is the shared ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He stands at the heart of these three faiths. And yet you know almost nothing about him. Bruce Feiler
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The election of the Jewish people is the result of God's falling in love with Abraham and founding a family with him.
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Jews bear children not only because the carnal election of Abraham must continue. For Jews, raising children is essential to living a rounded ethical life.