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• In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness.

  Savielly Tartakower

  Mistake, Luck, Weakness

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• In his press conference last night, President Bush said he could not remember a single mistake he had made in the last two years. The president's exact quote was: 'I ain't make none mistakes ever.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Mistake, Night, Years

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• I think that if there was one mistake that I took away, it would affect the man that I am today.

  Kurupt

  Mistake, Men, Thinking

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• You can't hate somebody for the rest of their lives over one mistake.

  DJ Quik

  Hate, Mistake

  Interview with David Drake, pitchfork.com. October 15, 2014.

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• But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

  Robert Harris

  Clever, Mistake, Stupid

  Robert Harris (2010). “Archangel”, p.23, Random House

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• Being a goalkeeper is like being the guy in the military who makes the bombs - one mistake and everyone gets blown up.

  Artur Boruc

  Military, Mistake, Guy

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• Some mistakes... Just have greater consequences than others. But you don't have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.

  Jojo Moyes

  Mistake, Choices, Results

  "Me Before You". Book by Jojo Moyes, January 5, 2012.

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• You know how the press is: If I mention one mistake, that's the only thing that bothers me unless I mention all the other ones.

  Neil Young

  Mistake, Bother, Know How

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• How many times do we pay for one mistake? The answer is a thousand times for the same mistake. The human is the only animal on earth that pays a thousand times for ONE mistake. The rest of the animals pay once for every mistake.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Lost Love, Mistake, Animal

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• When I hear the president of the United States in a great little rhetorical flourish talk about the leavening hand of the government, everybody knows that leavening hand is attached to the long arm of the Internal Revenue Service. And no one mistakes the Internal Revenue Service with something called liberty.

  Sean Hannity

  Mistake, Government, Hands

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• It only takes one mistake and nothing else you ever do will matter. No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Mistake, Smart, Choices

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• Can one mistake really destroy a lifetime together?

  Marie Lu

  Mistake, Together, Lifetime

  Marie Lu (2013). “Champion: A Legend Novel”, p.147, Penguin

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• One mistake, one brief lapse of my new found judgement-that's all it took to unravel everything. What a massive responsibility, being a moral creature.

  Isaac Marion

  Mistake, Responsibility, Judgement

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• Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.

  Fletcher Knebel

  Mistake, Should Have, Political

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• But what if I make a mistake?' Will asked. Gilan threw back his head and laughed. 'A mistake? One mistake? You should be so lucky. You'll make dozens! I made four or five on my first day alone! Of course you'll make mistakes. Just don't make any of them twice. If you do mess things up, don't try to hide it. Don't try to rationalize it. Recognize it and admit it and learn from it. We never stop learning, none of us.

  John Flanagan

  Mistake, Learning, What If

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• The number one mistake is giving pets table scraps. I made the mistake thinking I was showing my dog love by giving her food and treats. You see a tiny 4 oz. piece of cheese, but for a Boston Terrier like mine, that's like one and a half hamburgers. That's unhealthy.

  Alison Sweeney

  Dog, Mistake, Thinking

  ""Biggest Loser" host, dog Winky battle pet obesity". Interview with Zorianna Kit, www.reuters.com. January 31, 2012.

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• I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.

  Vladimir Horowitz

  Life, Success, Mistake

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• If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life.

  Jeremy Piven

  Kindness, Mistake, Weakness

  Source: www.complex.com

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• Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I’m not stupid. (Xypher) I didn’t say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Mistake, Stupid, Moving

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• I don't know what else I can say. I have never taken steroids. For people who think I took steroids intentionally, I'm never going to convince them. But I hope the voters judge my career fairly and don't look at one mistake.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Mistake, Taken, Thinking

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• Let no one mistake it for comedy, farcical though it may be in all its details. It serves notice on the country that Neanderthal man is organizing in these forlorn backwaters of the land, led by a fanatic, rid of sense and devoid of conscience.

  H. L. Mencken

  Country, Mistake, Science

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• Mistakes don't scare me or bother me. If I feel like I made the same mistake twice, then I feel like I've really screwed up. But if I make one mistake and learn from it, hey, to me in the game of life it's just as important to know what doesn't work as what does. So I think mistakes are a good thing.

  Garth Brooks

  Mistake, Thinking, Games

  "Locked and Loaded". Interview with Kevin Freiberg, www.freibergs.com.

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• They'll be no learning period with nuclear weapons. Make one mistake and you're going to destroy nations.

  Robert McNamara

  Mistake, Nuclear, Weapons

  "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara". Documentary, www.imdb.com. August 30, 2003.

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• You made one mistake. You married me.

  Brendan Behan

  Mistake, Cynical, Married

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• The one mistake which is committed habitually by people who have the gift of half-genius, is waiting for inspiration.

  Philip Gilbert Hamerton

  Mistake, Inspiration, People

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