"We make stupid mistakes when we're young; we do our best to make amends for them as we get older. We survive by learning; by learning we survive. Such is life. So be it."

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Source : Allen Steele (2002). “Coyote”, p.295, Penguin

Allen Steele

#Stupid Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Such Is Life Quotes

“When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar.”
“The official Hamas charter calls for the murder of Jews and destruction of the Jewish state.”
“The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself.”

Source : Bob Burg, John David Mann (2007). “The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea”, p.92, Penguin
“The podcast movement was really a creative survival mechanism for standup comics.”
“If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.”
“The key is to remember a sex scene is a scene of dramatic action and psychological development. You need to pay attention to emotion and to a character's self-awareness or lack of self-awareness.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“What I propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to think what we are doing”
“Hierarchy is an organization with its face toward the CEO and its ***** toward the customer.”

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