Mistakes Were Made Quotes - Page 2

• I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.

  Rick Scott

  Taken, Leader, Lessons

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• It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.

  Ornette Coleman

  Perseverance, Mistake, Jazz

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• Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Freedom, Mistake, Struggle

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

  James Joyce

  Life, Spiritual, Mistake

  Ulysses (1922)

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• There is such a thing as the poetry of a mistake, and when you say, "Mistakes were made," you deprive an action of its poetry, and you sound like a weasel.

  Charles Baxter

  Mistake, Character, Sound

  Charles Baxter (1997). “Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction”

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• You've got to trust [that] your own compass will lead you away from whatever mistakes were made.

  Simon Kinberg

  Mistake, Compass, Made

  "Producer Roundtable: 6 Filmmakers on 'Compton' Threats, Tarantino Outbursts and the Truth Behind a 'Star Wars' 'Firing'". Interview with Stephen Galloway and Matthew Belloni, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 11, 2015.

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• My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who can frankly say "I do not play bridge" is allowed to go over in the corner and run the pianola by himself, while the poor neophyte, no matter how much he may protest that he isn't "at all a good player, in fact I'm perfectly rotten," is never believed, but dragged into a game where it is discovered, too late, that he spoke the truth.

  Robert Benchley

  Running, Mistake, Player

  Robert Benchley (1925). “Of All Things”

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• Mistakes were made long ago. It is someone else's fault. We can't be held responsible, but we are very sorry.

  Kyle Minor

  Sorry, Mistake, Long Ago

  Kyle Minor (2008). “In the Devil's Territory: Stories”

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