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Religions lead us to believe that the soul is the ultimate family jewel and that in return for our mindless obedience, they can secure it… — Tom Robbins
If the Bible is mistaken in telling us where we came from, how can we trust it to tell us where we're going ? — Unknown Author
Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The naked eye was an inadequate… — Michael Lewis
I realize I didn't like you. I just wanted to meet someone that understood me. I didn't know that you were speaking from the diary.… — Jo Yoon-hee
Americans have the mistaken viewpoint that Lady Liberty is only a peacetime luxury who is ill-equipped to fight the nasties. Therefore, they reason, we need… — Mary Ruwart
Self-confidence may be mistaken for egotism if it is not accompanied by humility of the heart. — Napoleon Hill
So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken. — George Berkeley
Judge yourself and beware of passing judgement on others. In judging others we expend our energy to no purpose; we are often mistaken and easily… — Thomas a Kempis
Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining,… — Swami Vivekananda
The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle. — George Gaylord Simpson
[The is] a mistaken belief that [the word Indian] refers somehow to the country, India. When Columbus washed up on the beach in the Caribbean,… — Russell Means
My father used to say: "Never suspect people, It's better to be deceived or mistaken, which is only human, after all, than to be suspicious,… — Stark Young
Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the same… — Viktor Korchnoi
The spread of democracy is a wonderful thing-it is a necessary foundation for peace-and it can happen. But it cannot be advanced by force, and… — Jonathan Schell
Gold has worked down from Alexander's time... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of… — Bernard Baruch
The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and… — Benjamin Franklin
You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war. Of my dispos[i]tion to maintain… — Thomas Jefferson
It can be said of optimism that while sometimes mistaken, it is never sadly mistaken. — Robert Breault
How often is immense sadness mistaken for courage? — Anthony Marra
We actually need intelligent doubt and skepticism; they protect us against mistaken views and propaganda. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
I've often been mistaken for Meryl Streep, although never on Oscar night. — Glenn Close
But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about imagining what a deaf person's… — Richard Masur
There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number… — Tom Selleck
If people think they can elicit from me whatever terms they want, they are mistaken. — Ivanka Trump
The Israelis are mistaken if they think we do not have an alternative to negotiations. By Allah I swear they are wrong. The Palestinian people… — Yasser Arafat

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