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Mistaken Quotes

I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom wouldn’t let me change my hair because she was always chasing me around with a hairbrush, and it was always tangled, so she just would cut it off, and she’s right: short hair did suit me Picture Quote #1

It’s hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children’s book I am mistaken for a parenting expert Picture Quote #1

Buy your fair-trade coffee beans by all means, but don’t assume fair-trade principles govern the conditions of the men who fetch it to you. You would be mistaken Picture Quote #1

I don’t think Hollywood will be the place that innovates great technology, but if people underestimate how they monetize content, they’re sorely mistaken Picture Quote #1

As a kid, I was always mistaken for a girl. Before you reach that age where your sexuality starts to display itself, kids can look very androgynous, and I guess I leaned more toward the feminine. All those things were very hard, growing up, because you’re trying to create an identity, and you’re feeling shameful about the one that you’re making Picture Quote #1

President Obama’s call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity Picture Quote #1

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There are other kinds of emotional pain that emerge from our own mistaken thinking. As we surrender that pain, we are inviting into our thought system a guide who will lead us to different thoughts. It’s like the song Amazing Grace: I was blind and now I see Picture Quote #1

I also had this mistaken dream, fantasy really - perhaps because I’m good at languages - of being able in both Italy and France to become someone else through my fluency in the language Picture Quote #1

It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history... The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson’s misleading metaphor for nearly forty years... There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation... The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or intent of the framers Picture Quote #1

I think that anybody who thinks science is going to explain everything in biological systems, or in physical cosmology, et cetera, is actually mistaken, because I think within science - if correctly understood - those claims are not being made Picture Quote #1

It’s totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger Picture Quote #1

Everybody’s got whatever problems they have. I refuse to let somebody’s mistaken beliefs affect my life Picture Quote #1

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Excuse me, guess I’ve mistaken you for somebody else, somebody who gave a damn, somebody more like myself Picture Quote #1

The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can’t solve extreme poverty and disease, isn’t just mistaken. It is harmful Picture Quote #1

To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master’s painting and a forgery Picture Quote #1

Life is a long failure of understanding ... a long, mistaken shutting of the heart Picture Quote #1

Twenty-four years ago I was strangely handsome; in San Francisco in the rainy season I was often mistaken for fair weather Picture Quote #1

To be mistaken in believing that the Christian religion is true is no great loss to anyone; but how dreadful to be mistaken in believing it to be false! Picture Quote #1

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I was just finishing high school and entering college in 1988, when the Creator’s Bill of Rights was drafted, and had already set my sights on building a career as a writer of comics. Discovering the Creator’s Bill of Rights - in an issue of ‘The Comics Journal,’ if I’m not mistaken - I accepted it as gospel Picture Quote #1

Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially Picture Quote #1

I have discovered that most people who tell me that they cannot forgive a person who wronged them are handicapped by a mistaken understanding of what forgiving is Picture Quote #1

Mistaken ideas always end in bloodshed, but in every case it is someone else’s blood. This is why our thinkers feel free to say just about anything Picture Quote #1

I was the funny, outgoing kid who didn’t understand how he could keep getting mistaken for a nerd nobody liked Picture Quote #1

In science it often happens that scientists say, You know that’s a really good argument; my position is mistaken Picture Quote #1

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Insofar as he’d formed any opinion of her, it was that she suffered from misplaced gentility and the mistaken belief that etiquette meant good breeding. She mistook mannerisms for manners Picture Quote #1

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I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom wouldn’t let me change my hair because she was always chasing me around with a hairbrush, and it was always tangled, so she just would cut it off, and she’s right: short hair did suit me. (Mistaken Quotes) It’s hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children’s book I am mistaken for a parenting expert. (Mistaken Quotes) Buy your fair-trade coffee beans by all means, but don’t assume fair-trade principles govern the conditions of the men who fetch it to you. You would be mistaken. (Mistaken Quotes) I don’t think Hollywood will be the place that innovates great technology, but if people underestimate how they monetize content, they’re sorely mistaken. (Mistaken Quotes) As a kid, I was always mistaken for a girl. Before you reach that age where your sexuality starts to display itself, kids can look very androgynous, and I guess I leaned more toward the feminine. All those things were very hard, growing up, because you’re trying to create an identity, and you’re feeling shameful about the one that you’re making. (Mistaken Quotes) President Obama’s call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity. (Mistaken Quotes) There are other kinds of emotional pain that emerge from our own mistaken thinking. As we surrender that pain, we are inviting into our thought system a guide who will lead us to different thoughts. It’s like the song Amazing Grace: I was blind and now I see. (Mistaken Quotes) I also had this mistaken dream, fantasy really - perhaps because I’m good at languages - of being able in both Italy and France to become someone else through my fluency in the language. (Mistaken Quotes) It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history... The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson’s misleading metaphor for nearly forty years... There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation... The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or intent of the framers. (Mistaken Quotes) I think that anybody who thinks science is going to explain everything in biological systems, or in physical cosmology, et cetera, is actually mistaken, because I think within science - if correctly understood - those claims are not being made. (Mistaken Quotes) It’s totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger. (Mistaken Quotes) Everybody’s got whatever problems they have. I refuse to let somebody’s mistaken beliefs affect my life. (Mistaken Quotes) Excuse me, guess I’ve mistaken you for somebody else, somebody who gave a damn, somebody more like myself. (Mistaken Quotes) The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can’t solve extreme poverty and disease, isn’t just mistaken. It is harmful. (Mistaken Quotes) To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master’s painting and a forgery. (Mistaken Quotes) Life is a long failure of understanding ... a long, mistaken shutting of the heart. (Mistaken Quotes) Twenty-four years ago I was strangely handsome; in San Francisco in the rainy season I was often mistaken for fair weather. (Mistaken Quotes) To be mistaken in believing that the Christian religion is true is no great loss to anyone; but how dreadful to be mistaken in believing it to be false! (Mistaken Quotes) I was just finishing high school and entering college in 1988, when the Creator’s Bill of Rights was drafted, and had already set my sights on building a career as a writer of comics. Discovering the Creator’s Bill of Rights - in an issue of ‘The Comics Journal,’ if I’m not mistaken - I accepted it as gospel. (Mistaken Quotes) Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially. (Mistaken Quotes) I have discovered that most people who tell me that they cannot forgive a person who wronged them are handicapped by a mistaken understanding of what forgiving is. (Mistaken Quotes) Mistaken ideas always end in bloodshed, but in every case it is someone else’s blood. This is why our thinkers feel free to say just about anything. (Mistaken Quotes) I was the funny, outgoing kid who didn’t understand how he could keep getting mistaken for a nerd nobody liked. (Mistaken Quotes) In science it often happens that scientists say, You know that’s a really good argument; my position is mistaken... (Mistaken Quotes) Insofar as he’d formed any opinion of her, it was that she suffered from misplaced gentility and the mistaken belief that etiquette meant good breeding. She mistook mannerisms for manners. (Mistaken Quotes)

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