#stake

I like characters who don't change, who don't learn from their mistakes. ↗

— David Fincher

#characters #i #learn #like #mistakes

The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake, and trivial. We are one species, with a world to win. ↗

— George Wald

#competition #mistake #russians #species #thought

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken. ↗

— Paul Valery

#mistaken #never #only #poe #writer

I'm a huge Freddie Mercury fan. I think he was the end-all. I love his lack of inhibition, his talent, the chances he took. He made mistakes on his records, and he didn't care. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#chances #end-all #fan #freddie #freddie mercury

As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#choosing #i #life #literature #mistake

People always make that mistake when they talk about theatre - the notion of the 'theatrical' meaning something separate from life. If it doesn't relate to life, it doesn't relate to anything. ↗

— Brian Cox

#always #anything #life #make #meaning

We love it when we make mistakes that are better than something you could think up. ↗

— Wayne Coyne

#could #love #make #mistakes #something

Interest in certain themes doesn't mandate a personal stake or personal experience of those themes. I've killed people in plays, but no one asks me what it's like to kill people. ↗

— Billy Crudup

#certain #experience #i #interest #kill

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them. ↗

— Salvador Dali

#almost #always #contrary #correct #mistakes

Do not fear mistakes. There are none. ↗

— Miles Davis

#mistakes #none