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«Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.»
Author: George Soros
(Philanthropist, Stock Trader)
| Keywords:
correct, failing, Human condition, imperfect, shame, The Human Condition
«People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass jar on my desk.»
«It is easier to be critical than correct.»
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
(Novelist, Prime Minister)
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Criticism
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correct, critical
«The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves»
«It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.»
«Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.»
Author: Dr. Laurence J. Peter
(Educator, Writer)
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confessing, correct, enables, parents, psychiatry, shortcoming, shortcomings
«Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.»
«I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views»
«In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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correct, Historians, Journalists, real world, The Job, The Real World, The Right Time
«The firmness with which the people have withstood the late abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment b»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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abuses, correct, discernment, falsehood, firmness, manifested, press, safely, the press, trusted, withstanding, withstood
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