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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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If God has positioned us in a certain place, we must leave all the details to Him. Charles Stanley
details fiction stories
I am drawn, as a reader, to detail-drenched stories about human lives affected as much by the internal as by the external, the kind of fiction that Jane Smiley nicely describes as 'first and foremost about how individuals fit, or don't fit, into their social worlds.' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The plunge in durable goods orders in January is entirely due to volatility in transportation. The underlying details of this report are much stronger than the headline. John Ryding
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The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events. Edward Gibbon
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What we're seeing right now is most likely stage one, with other details to come in the near future.
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What makes life most difficult is the media intrusion, ... I think the public has gotten more and more greedy for the intimate details of their lives. These people are exposed to scrutiny 24 hours a day. We feel we have a right to know. We feel it's in the public interest. Even pop stars get more privacy. We just want to know every last detail. They are living in a goldfish bowl. And it never goes away.
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I am a great fan of the universe, which I take literally: as one. All of it interests me, and it interests me in detail. Diane Ackerman
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There are many details about this person and how she died that may be known only to her killer and little by little by us.
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The correct word is like any small detail - it enhances life. Alexandra Stoddard
call-me my-friends
...but my friends call me Edmund Dantes. Alexandre Dumas
call-me
Call me anything you like, but don't call me a lady. Charlotte Whitton
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…well just call me Hannibal Lecter. With cleavage. Jeaniene Frost
call-me
Call me whatever you like; I am who I must be. Friedrich Nietzsche
call-me
For the present you can just call me the Kingfish. Huey Long
call-me complacent
You can call me a lot of things, but you can't call me complacent! Gwyneth Paltrow
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Shirley! Don't call me Shirley! Leslie Nielsen
call-me tonks
Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus. J. K. Rowling
call-me passports
When I'm applying for a new passport, or something, someone will call me Christopher. Other than that, no one ever calls me Christopher. Kit Harington