Barbara Boxer (1940) American politician
Barbara Boxer, in Blind Trust, a novel, Chronicle Books, San Francisco 2009, p. 30. http://books.google.com/books?id=BehMxQNuLAMC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30
“Good people don’t make fewer mistakes, they’re just better at apologizing.”
— Jonathan Safran Foer, book Here I Am
Source: Here I Am
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George Packer (1960) American journalist and writer
' Witnessing the Obama Presidency, from Start to Finish https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/18/witnessing-the-obama-presidency-from-start-to-finish' by George Packer, The New Yorker, June 18, 2018.
“People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something.”
Stephen R. Covey book The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Source: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Bode Miller (1977) American alpine ski racer
Interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, 16 Feb. 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385083/
“Never confuse perfection with production. People who don’t make mistakes aren’t doing anything.”
Jack McDevitt book Ancient Shores
Source: Ancient Shores (1996), Chapter 6 (p. 55)
“It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.”
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
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Dan Howell (1991) British video blogger and radio personality
Source: Gay And Not Proud - Daniel Howell | YouTube Pride 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifJYb2An7wE, 25 June 2019
“That kind of attention changes people, and it don’t make them better.”
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Source: Abaddon's Gate (2013), Chapter 11 (p. 122)
