"Some people learn by the mistakes of others, but most of us are the others."

-- William Prescott

#Mistake Quotes #People Quotes

“Seventeen's not a good age. That's when you realize that you have a heart. That's when feelings get in the way of thinking.”

Source : Mahbod Seraji (2009). “Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel”, p.216, Penguin
“To observe a profoundly stupid individual can be very enriching, and that's why we should never feel contempt for them.”
“It is sexual energy which governs the structure of human feeling and thinking.”

Source : Wilhelm Reich (1969). “The sexual revolution: toward a self-governing character structure”
“If you're reluctant to weep, you won't live a full and complete life.”
“Some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up and touch everything. If you never let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you.”
“If someone says or does something hurtful, call upon heaven for protection and healing.”
“If a poem is not memorable, there's probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable.”
“I'd been an actor my whole life, since I was a kid. And then, I quit for awhile and went to university. When I wanted to start acting again, I couldn't get a job, and that was really depressing. So, I realized, at that time, that I have to take responsibility for my own creativity.”

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