“The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.” — Edward John Phelps, “Farewell to England,” The Orations & Essays of Edward John Phelps
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“We find it easier to learn from other people’s failures than from our own.” — Dan Ariely, “On Confident Crushes and Feedback Failures,” Ask Ariely (2022-04-23)
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“Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties.” — George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
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“You can make a lot of mistakes in just one lifetime.” — Raymond Chandler, I’ll Be Waiting
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“Pros are just amateurs who know how to gracefully recover from their mistakes.” — Kevin Kelly, 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice
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“There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one’s life.” — Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
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“Thinking doesn’t guarantee that we won’t make mistakes. But not thinking guarantees that we will.” — Leslie Lamport, “Why We Should Build Software Like We Build Houses,” Wired (2013-01-25)
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“There are certain mistakes we enjoy so much we are always willing to repeat them.” — James Geary, I Feel Bad About My Neck
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“I never made a mistake in my life at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterward.” — Rudyard Kipling, The Education of Otis Yeere
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“Few of us keep accurate records of what we’ve learned as we hobble through life barking our shins in the dark on experiences we’ve already had.” — Harlan Ellison, “The Deadly ‘Nackles’ Affair,” Slippage
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