#stakes

I had no idea how difficult Sondheim's music would be. All through the rehearsals, I kept flubbing. There were so many tempo changes. I could never get through the opening number without any mistakes. One day, I went up to Hal Prince and offered to leave the show. He laughed it off. He said, "Don't be silly. That's why we have tryouts." ↗

— Mako

#changes #could #day #difficult #get

With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#congress #control #extremely #greater #gulf

Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom. ↗

— Phyllis Theroux

#bridge #inexperience #mistakes #usual #wisdom

The challenge is high. The stakes are important. I think it's manageable. ↗

— William Hedgcock Webster

#high #i #i think #important #manageable

Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes. Moralists had, as a rule, regarded it as a mode of warning, had claimed for it a certain ethical efficacy in the formation of character, had praised it as something that taught us what to follow and showed us what to avoid. But there was no motive power in experience. It was as little of an active cause as conscience itself. All that it really demonstrated was that our future would be the same as our past, and that the sin we had done once, and with loathing, we would do many times, and with joy. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#experience #future #mistakes #past #sin

Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities. ↗

— Len Deighton

#mistakes #silliness #humor

And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#fire #humor #mistakes #ship #humor

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts. ↗

— Jim Morrison

#haircuts #life #mistakes #my life #some

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky. ↗

— Monica Lewinsky

#foolish #girl #had #i #i am

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#helps #i #lot #make #making