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Mistake Quotes - Page 16

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.

Liner notes for compilation album "The Broadside Tapes 1" by Phil Ochs, 1989.

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.

Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.

Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.133, Shambhala Publications

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them.

Der Teil und das Ganze ("The Part and the Whole," 1969) ch. 17 (translated by A. J. Pomerans in 1971 as Physics and Beyond)