"I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process."

-- Shelby Foote

#Mistake Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Shortcuts Quotes

“The number one thing on any team that will keep your players from being selfish is respect for the other players.”
“I get better at playing the guitar and piano, every time we do a record because we practice more and the years go by and it's just what happens. It is just growing up, and it's cool how over the years the fans grow up and we grow up, and it just kind of works together.”
“My phone buzzes. Itâ€™s from Karou: a list of conversation openers that I wonâ€™t be needing. â€”a) Hi. Iâ€™m Zuzana. Iâ€™m actually a marionette brought to life by the Blue Fairy, and the only way I can gain a soul is if a human falls in love with me. Help a puppet out? â€”b) Hi. Iâ€™m Zuzana. The touch of my lips imparts immortality. Just sayinâ€™. â€”c) Hi. Iâ€™m Zuzana. I think I might like you.”
“It has long been believed that a man who gets bald across the front of his head is a thinker while a man who gets bald on the crown of his head is a lover. It follows, certainly, that a man who gets bald all over his head thinks he's a lover.”
“Acceptance means focusing on the present while assessing the choices available to you in this moment. If there are many possibilities, make the choice that is likely to bring the most evolutionary results. If there is only one choice, take it. If there are no obvious choices, relax and accept the fact that for now, you cannot do anything.”
“Thou art an heyre to fayre lying, that is nothing, if thou be disinherited of learning, for better were it to thee to inherite righteousnesse then riches, and far more seemly were if for thee to haue thy Studie full of bookes, then thy pursse full of mony.”
“Iâ€™ve done made a deal with the devil,”
“That idea of not being exactly who you write as is so crucial. Even looking at those words as I type them, it feels dirty, it feels like I'm admitting something. Unfortunately, I think that's how the conversation around nonfiction is so much of the time - either defensive or accusatory. Aha! You've been caught! But the original essence of something is always lost when it's reproduced.”

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