"you learn more from your mistakes than you do from your successes."

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Source : "At 95, Brazelton shares 'A Life Caring for Children'". Interview with Nanci Hellmich, www.usatoday.com. May 1, 2013.

T. Berry Brazelton

#Mistake Quotes

“In the belly of Leviathan ... one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.”
“Which founders have these presidents cited - and why? What did, say, President [Ronald] Reagan's view of George Washington, or President [Bill] Clinton's view of Thomas Jefferson, tell us about their view of America and where they intended to lead the country?In many cases, it told us a lot about the president.”
“I like to see the difference between good and evil as kind of like the foul line at a baseball game. It's very thin, it's made of something very flimsy like lime, and if you cross it, it really starts to blur where fair becomes foul and foul becomes fair.”
“The border between music and noise is always culturally definedâ€”which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always pass through the same place; in short, there is rarely a consensus.... By all accounts there is no single and intercultural universal concept defining what music might be”
“So carry your courage in an easily accessible place, the way you do your cellphone or your wallet. You may still falter or fail, but you always know that you pushed hard and aimed high. Take a leap of faith. Fear not. Courage is the ultimate career move.”
“Well, I don't think just because people are in a relationship that they're happy. I don't think relationships necessarily make people happy. You just are happy or you're not happy.”
“One of the problems of our society is that we spend too much time thinking about punishment and not enough about prevention.”

Source : Roy Hattersley's remarks at the House of Commons debate, www.publications.parliament.uk. December 17, 1990.
“My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no idea.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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