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• The contradiction [trying to use Russian model to reshape Italy] grew to such an extent that I felt totally cut off from the communist world and, in the end, from politics. That was fortunate. The idea of putting literature in second place, after politics, is an enormous mistake, because politics almost never achieves its ideals.

  Italo Calvino

  Cutting, Ideas, Trying

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• And I think more of a concern has been not within the campaign, the mistakes that were made, not being able to react to the circumstances that those mistakes created in a real positive and professional and helpful way for John McCain.

  Sarah Palin

  Real, Thinking, Campaigns

  "'Factor' Debut: Sarah Palin Sits Down With Bill O'Reilly for First Time". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. November 20, 2009.

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• My will, my faith and my body have been challenged, but make no mistake, my heart is strong and my resolve to fight will never be broken.

  Anastacia

  Strong, Heart, Fighting

  "Anastacia fights on after cancer operation". news.bbc.co.uk. March 4, 2003.

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• I made my share of mistakes. People can look at that as what not to do, and if they choose to make fun of it, that's fine. I can't control that. All I know is that I can control myself. And at that point in my life, I wasn't even able to do that.

  Tiger Woods

  Fun, Control Myself, People

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• Things won’t go perfect. It’s all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes.

  Michael Phelps

  Perfect, Learning From Mistakes

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• But if the U.S. were to leave now and abandon Iraq without establishing the grounds for a united country, that would definitely be a second mistake.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Iraq, Sovereign

  "60 minutes" with Mike Wallace, www.cbsnews.com. May 7, 2005.

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• So many businesses get worried about looking like they might make a mistake, they become afraid to take any risk. Companies are set up so that people judge each other on failure. I am not going to get fired if we have a bad year. Or a bad five years. I don’t have to worry about making things look good if they’re not. I can actually set up the company to create value.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Years, People, Worry

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• You should be real witnesses of a world of doing and acting differently. But in life it is difficult for everything to be clear, precise, outlined neatly. Life is complicated; it consists of grace and sin. He who does not sin is not human. We all make mistakes and we need to recognise our weakness. A religious who recognises himself as weak and a sinner does not negate the witness that he is called to give, rather he reinforces it, and this is good for everyone. What I expect of you therefore is to give witness. I want this special witness from religious.

  Pope Francis

  Religious, Real, Giving

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• It is a mistake to apply American democratic procedures to the faith and the truth. You cannot take a vote on the truth. The value of democracy stands or falls with the values which it embodies and promotes.

  Pope John Paul II

  Fall, Catholic, Democracy

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• But I certainly made mistakes, for which I regret, I think most human beings in their lifetime make mistakes, mine ended up in two years prison - two very remarkable years from which I learnt a lot.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Regret, Thinking, Years

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• Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way 'round.

  Walter Annenberg

  Way, Rich, Poor

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• Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.

  Ibrahim Babangida

  Past, Opportunity, Democracy

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• That was one of the big problems in the [Black Panther] Party. Criticism and self-criticism were not encouraged, and the little that was given often wasn’t taken seriously. Constructive criticism and self-criticism are extremely important for any revolutionary organization. Without them, people tend to drown in their mistakes, not learn from them.

  Assata Shakur

  Party, Taken, Self

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• Trust in my wisdom. I do not make mistakes. Love my uncertainty for it is not a mistake. It is my intent and will. Remember - nothing happens without my will. Be still. Do not ask to understand. Do not want to understand.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Want, Remember, Stills

  Sanathana Sarathi (Magazine), August 1984.

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• Let there be no mistake, Hamas is a ruthless terrorist organization.

  Lois Capps

  Organization, Ruthless, Terrorist

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• My voice is unadorned. I don't try for perfection. I try to be honest and truthful and soulful with the voice I have. If I make mistakes in notes, or there are cracks in notes, I don't fix them. That's the way it is.

  Neil Diamond

  Voice, Perfection, Trying

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Our aim as scientists is objective truth; more truth, more interesting truth, more intelligible truth. We cannot reasonably aim at certainty. Once we realize that human knowledge is fallible, we realize also that we can never be completely certain that we have not made a mistake.

  Karl Popper

  Interesting, Objective Truth, Realizing

  Karl Popper (2012). “In Search of a Better World: Lectures and Essays from Thirty Years”, p.4, Routledge

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• I would say that the U.S. has overlooked Latin America. Their priorities have always been somewhere else. And that is a problem and that is a mistake.

  Sebastian Pinera

  Latin, Somewhere Else, America

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• The Administration has made critical mistakes and errors in judgment leading up to the war in Iraq. The President refuses to acknowledge these mistakes, and thus, no corrective action has been taken to prevent these problems from happening again.

  Zoe Lofgren

  War, Taken, Iraq

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• Life is a journey, not a destination; there are no mistakes, just chances we've taken.

  India.Arie

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Song: A Beautiful Day

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• When I look in the mirror and the only one there is me
  Every freckle on my face is where it’s suppose to be
  And I know my creator didn’t make no mistakes on me
  My feet, my thighs, my Lips, my eyes, I’m loving what I see

  India.Arie

  Eye, Mirrors, Feet

  Song: Video, Album: Acoustic Soul

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• A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.

  Phil Ochs

  Song, Bullshit, Protest

  Liner notes for compilation album "The Broadside Tapes 1" by Phil Ochs, 1989.

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• White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made.

  Fannie Lou Hamer

  Moving, White, World

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• Make no mistake, our military readiness is already suffering. According to a recent RAND study, the Army has been stretched so thin that active-duty soldiers are now spending one of every two years abroad, leaving little of the Army left in any appropriate condition to respond to crises that may emerge elsewhere in the world.

  Russ Feingold

  Military, Army, Two

  "The President’s Policies Are Breaking the U.S. Army" by Russ Feingold, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 29, 2005.

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• I incline to an aristocratic republic. This would satisfy the ambitious spirit among our people. We shall learn from the historic mistakes of others in the same way as we learn from our own; for we are a modern nation and wish to be the most modern in the world.

  Theodor Herzl

  People, Ambitious, Wish

  Theodor Herzl (2015). “A Jewish State: Proposal of a modern solution for the Jewish question”, p.56, BoD – Books on Demand

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