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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
jazz funk ifs
I love jazz and funk, because it's hard. If it's not hard, it's not worth doing. Chris Carter
jazz
You never get it figured out. You just keep playing. David Sanborn
jazz form miles
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz. Cassandra Wilson
jazz instruments
You've got to learn your instrument. Charlie Parker
jazz emotion language
Jazz is the language of the emotions. Charles Mingus
jazz
Everything I do is Mingus. Charles Mingus
jazz scottish classical-music
Most of the music I've become interested in is hybrid in its originsClassical music, of course, is unbelievably hybrid. Jazz is an obvious amalgam. Bluegrass comes from eighteenth-century Scottish and Irish folk music that made contact with the blues. By exploring music, you're exploring everything. Edgar Meyer
jazz great-american blues-music
As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music. Edgar Winter
jazz-improvisation how-you-feel music-is
And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. There's so much improvisation you can do with cuttin' and scratchin' that's reminiscent of jazz music, because it's all about how you feel. You're capturing a vibe and just going with it. DJ Jazzy Jeff
made clear ifs
If I've made myself clear, I've misspoken. Alan Greenspan
made angle
Every angle that I looked at was somebody who I admired and was better than me. So it made me very afraid. Chris Bauer
made bigs
I'd like to have made one of those big splashy Technicolor musicals with Rita Hayworth. Cary Grant
made print
I made friends with a lot of those who could have criticized me in print and who didn't, who praised me instead. Charles Kuralt
made obvious reader
Readers are made by readers - it is so obvious it is almost banal to say it. Aidan Chambers
made
Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me. Bernie Mac
made should disposable
Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable. David Tudor
made ache
It was all the things you could never understand and could never possess that made you ache. Deb Caletti
made
you had nothing to say about it and yet made the nothing up into words. C. S. Lewis