#takes

The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there. Perhaps the most important to me is our interest in the promotion of democracy in this hemisphere. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#haiti #hemisphere #high #important #interest

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#counterfeit #even #fall #false #flowers

Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#downstream #fish #float #live #remember

I guess none of us like to look back in our lives to a time when we made poor judgments and foolish mistakes. ↗

— John Clayton

#foolish #guess #i #judgments #like

It is my fervent hope and prayer that by exposing my mistakes and by pointing out the things that were a part of my early life, some who might be following the same paths might not make those same mistakes. ↗

— John Clayton

#early life #exposing #fervent #following #hope

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#avoid #each #formulae #letting #make

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

— Ornette Coleman

#found #i #knew #make #mistakes

You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else's style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#choreographer #else #flavor #get #kind

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#conscious #creative #creative act #mystery #other

I'm not really the type to wear my heart on my sleeve. I would let someone know if I liked them, but it takes a while for me to fall in love. ↗

— Joshua Jackson

#heart #i #know #liked #love