"Accepting trial and error means accepting error. It means taking problems in our stride when a decision doesn't work out, whether through luck or misjudgment. And that is not something human brains seem to be able to do without a struggle."

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Source : Tim Harford (2011). “Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure”, p.16, Hachette UK

Tim Harford

#Struggle Quotes #Mean Quotes #Errors Quotes

“But a lot of writers - and I'm one of them - do tend to feel dissatisfied. It makes you a little hard to live with, but it's a goad and does keep you alert and restless.”
“People aren't things to be molded; they are lives to be unfolded. And that's what true leaders do. They unfold the lives of others and help them reach their God-given potential.”
“Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock.”
“My hair was growin' too long, so I got me a fade And when my dishes got dirty, I got cascade And When the weather was hot, I got a spot in the shade.”

Source : Song: I Got It Made
“Joan of Arc should be played as a "pain in the ass" and how do I know she was a "pain in the ass"? ... because they burn her at the end.”
“The people who give you their food give you their heart.”
“The only person I have regrets about is Miles Davis. He and I had become good friends after we did a photo shoot and coincidentally we kept running into each other at parties and stuff. I regret not having written a hit for Miles Davis.”
“Out of the sighs of one generation are kneaded the hopes of the next.”

Source : Machado de Assis (1963). “The Psychiatrist, and Other Stories”, p.113, Univ of California Press

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