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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
hundred miles
Why that's a hundred miles away. That's a long way to go just to eat. William Faulkner
hundred interest rate
Whether a bank lent one million, ten million, or a hundred millions, they would not permanently alter the market rate of interest; they would alter only the value of the money they issued. David Ricardo
hundred period three
YEAR, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
hundred percent support women
Women one hundred percent support each other in the movie industry. Isla Fisher
hundred knew meant people remembered
And for well over a hundred years our politicians, statesmen, and people remembered that this was a republic, not a democracy, and knew what they meant when they made that distinction. Robert W. Welch, Jr.
hundred shows
In the '80s, it got to the point where we'd have shows with a hundred looks. You'd want to order a pizza before it was over! Michael Kors
hundred takes york
I heard that after you throw away a 'New York Times,' it takes over a hundred years for the lies to biodegrade. Stephen Colbert
hundred national originally passing series ten thousand union
I was originally going to train as a journalist, passing a series of exams that winnowed ten thousand applicants down to one hundred places on a National Union of Journalists course. Warren Ellis
hundred original sound
When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes. John Shedd
has-beens ifs know-how
We know how God would act if he were in our place - he has been in our place. Aiden Wilson Tozer
has-beens
Everything about my politics has been about the future David Miliband
has-beens
Everything that ever has been always will be, and everything that ever will be always has been. Kurt Vonnegut
has-beens
Everyone I've worked with has been good. You learn from the good, what's good, and you learn from the bad what not to do. Ben Vereen
has-beens denied
Freedom must be demanded and defended, by those who have been denied it and by those who are already free Aung San Suu Kyi
has-beens
What has been is no more. Change has come. Dean Koontz
has-beens happened could-have-been
What happened to you could have been worse - it could have happened to me. Ashleigh Brilliant
has-beens
Any more would have been less. Artie Shaw
has-beens
Everything has been something before. Alexander McCall Smith