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Mistaken Quotes

Actions speak louder than words, in fact. When we don’t take action, we foster the mistaken reality of our old identity Picture Quote #1

To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets Picture Quote #1

After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her Picture Quote #1

One thing that’s likely: How you look as you age is hereditary. Some of my family members, for example, look younger than their real age. And people have mistaken me for 30, even 25 Picture Quote #1

The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth Picture Quote #1

I think I’ve kind of been mistaken for somebody who’s trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is I’m not qualified to be a spokesperson. I am passionate about it, but I’m not trying to make other people do what I do Picture Quote #1

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If I am not mistaken, the word art and artist did not exist during the Renaissance and before: there were simply architects, sculptors, and painters, practicing a trade Picture Quote #1

Photography is a witness against the mistaken opinion that art is an imitation of nature Picture Quote #1

People who talk of outlawing the atomic bomb are mistaken - what needs to be outlawed is war Picture Quote #1

I would have far more fear of being mistaken, and of finding that the Christian religion was true, than of not being mistaken in believing it true Picture Quote #1

One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids Picture Quote #1

But then I had long mistaken being spoiled for being strong, being defiant for being independent, being reckless for being brave Picture Quote #1

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Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism Iraq in cynical money-making. And there’s no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired of knowledge. Our leaders, the C-students from Yale, know this. We’re proud of being ignorant that leaves virtue at our core. We aren’t frazzled by knowledge like foreigners, so we can be trusted Picture Quote #1

Gibson Goode to Archy: You’re just being stubborn now. Stubbornness in the service of a mistaken notion is a vanity and a sin Picture Quote #1

The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that’s needed Picture Quote #1

I believe love just happens once. You can be mistaken, you can think you are in love, but after a while you discover that you’re really not. Real love is different Picture Quote #1

A fundie claimed God invented science. All of science is tentative and approximate, also sometimes mistaken. Is that the best God can do? Picture Quote #1

I think that people who make films and think they’re changing the world are sorely mistaken. If that really is your goal, there are far better ways to do it. I’m making politically observant films for audiences Picture Quote #1

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The Pig, if I am not mistaken, Supplies us sausage, ham, and Bacon. Let others say his heart is big, I think it stupid of the Pig Picture Quote #1

Some people have a mistaken idea that all thoughts disappear through meditation and we enter a state of blankness. There certainly are times of great tranquility when concentration is strong and we have few, if any, thoughts. But other times, we can be flooded with memories, plans or random thinking. It’s important not to blame yourself Picture Quote #1

I get mistaken for Amanda Holden; I’ve had that since I was 12. I get Carey Mulligan, too. We look quite similar, and she does ‘Bleak House’ and I do ‘Cranford,’ so people mix us up. I’m sure we’ll play sisters at some point Picture Quote #1

Our work for human dignity is often lonely, and almost always an uphill climb. At times, our efforts are misunderstood, and we are mistaken for the enemy. There has been a clear erosion of respect for U.N. blue and our impartiality Picture Quote #1

Because of my compact and muscular body composition, my short hair, and my Johawk, I have been mistaken for a boy on many occasions. Each time it happens, it feels like I have been punched in the gut. It is extremely discouraging Picture Quote #1

She had left her legs bare, and if he wasn’t mistaken, they had a slight sheen. He realized she’d caught him staring when she cleared her throat.Are your legs...sparkly? he managed to ask, feeling the need to explain since he’d been caught leering.My body lotion has a little bit of glitter in it, she said with a trace of diffidence.She seemed apologetic. For what, he had no idea Picture Quote #1

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Curiosity is often mistaken as Love,Since they both have the common elements of Interest and Passion Picture Quote #1

If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything Picture Quote #1

When we heard about the hippies, the barely more than boys and girls who decided to try something different ... we laughed at them. We condemned them, our children, for seeking a different future. We hated them for their flowers, for their love, and for their unmistakable rejection of every hideous, mistaken compromise that we had made throughout our hollow, money-bitten, frightened, adult lives Picture Quote #1

When Ballesteros triumphed at the British Open in 1979, for his first major win, he hit so few fairways off the tee that he was often mistaken for a gallery marshall Picture Quote #1

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them; but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents Picture Quote #1

My memories of Kabul are vastly different than the way it is when I go there now. My memories are of the final years before everything changed. When I grew up in Kabul, it couldn’t be mistaken for Beirut or Tehran, as it was still in a country that’s essentially religious and conservative, but it was suprisingly progressive and liberal Picture Quote #1

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Actions speak louder than words, in fact. When we don’t take action, we foster the mistaken reality of our old identity (Mistaken Quotes) To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets. (Mistaken Quotes) After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her. (Mistaken Quotes) One thing that’s likely: How you look as you age is hereditary. Some of my family members, for example, look younger than their real age. And people have mistaken me for 30, even 25. (Mistaken Quotes) The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth. (Mistaken Quotes) I think I’ve kind of been mistaken for somebody who’s trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is I’m not qualified to be a spokesperson. I am passionate about it, but I’m not trying to make other people do what I do. (Mistaken Quotes) If I am not mistaken, the word art and artist did not exist during the Renaissance and before: there were simply architects, sculptors, and painters, practicing a trade. (Mistaken Quotes) Photography is a witness against the mistaken opinion that art is an imitation of nature (Mistaken Quotes) People who talk of outlawing the atomic bomb are mistaken - what needs to be outlawed is war (Mistaken Quotes) I would have far more fear of being mistaken, and of finding that the Christian religion was true, than of not being mistaken in believing it true. (Mistaken Quotes) One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids (Mistaken Quotes) But then I had long mistaken being spoiled for being strong, being defiant for being independent, being reckless for being brave. (Mistaken Quotes) Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism Iraq in cynical money-making. And there’s no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired of knowledge. Our leaders, the C-students from Yale, know this. We’re proud of being ignorant that leaves virtue at our core. We aren’t frazzled by knowledge like foreigners, so we can be trusted. (Mistaken Quotes) Gibson Goode to Archy: You’re just being stubborn now. Stubbornness in the service of a mistaken notion is a vanity and a sin. (Mistaken Quotes) The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that’s needed. (Mistaken Quotes) I believe love just happens once. You can be mistaken, you can think you are in love, but after a while you discover that you’re really not. Real love is different. (Mistaken Quotes) A fundie claimed God invented science. All of science is tentative and approximate, also sometimes mistaken. Is that the best God can do? (Mistaken Quotes) I think that people who make films and think they’re changing the world are sorely mistaken. If that really is your goal, there are far better ways to do it. I’m making politically observant films for audiences. (Mistaken Quotes) The Pig, if I am not mistaken, Supplies us sausage, ham, and Bacon. Let others say his heart is big, I think it stupid of the Pig. (Mistaken Quotes) Some people have a mistaken idea that all thoughts disappear through meditation and we enter a state of blankness. There certainly are times of great tranquility when concentration is strong and we have few, if any, thoughts. But other times, we can be flooded with memories, plans or random thinking. It’s important not to blame yourself. (Mistaken Quotes) I get mistaken for Amanda Holden; I’ve had that since I was 12. I get Carey Mulligan, too. We look quite similar, and she does ‘Bleak House’ and I do ‘Cranford,’ so people mix us up. I’m sure we’ll play sisters at some point. (Mistaken Quotes) Our work for human dignity is often lonely, and almost always an uphill climb. At times, our efforts are misunderstood, and we are mistaken for the enemy. There has been a clear erosion of respect for U.N. blue and our impartiality. (Mistaken Quotes) Because of my compact and muscular body composition, my short hair, and my Johawk, I have been mistaken for a boy on many occasions. Each time it happens, it feels like I have been punched in the gut. It is extremely discouraging. (Mistaken Quotes) She had left her legs bare, and if he wasn’t mistaken, they had a slight sheen. He realized she’d caught him staring when she cleared her throat.Are your legs...sparkly? he managed to ask, feeling the need to explain since he’d been caught leering.My body lotion has a little bit of glitter in it, she said with a trace of diffidence.She seemed apologetic. For what, he had no idea. (Mistaken Quotes) Curiosity is often mistaken as Love,Since they both have the common elements of Interest and Passion (Mistaken Quotes) If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything. (Mistaken Quotes) When we heard about the hippies, the barely more than boys and girls who decided to try something different ... we laughed at them. We condemned them, our children, for seeking a different future. We hated them for their flowers, for their love, and for their unmistakable rejection of every hideous, mistaken compromise that we had made throughout our hollow, money-bitten, frightened, adult lives (Mistaken Quotes) When Ballesteros triumphed at the British Open in 1979, for his first major win, he hit so few fairways off the tee that he was often mistaken for a gallery marshall. (Mistaken Quotes) Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them; but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. (Mistaken Quotes) My memories of Kabul are vastly different than the way it is when I go there now. My memories are of the final years before everything changed. When I grew up in Kabul, it couldn’t be mistaken for Beirut or Tehran, as it was still in a country that’s essentially religious and conservative, but it was suprisingly progressive and liberal. (Mistaken Quotes)

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