Quote by George Washington
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. – George Washington

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. – George Washington

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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. – George Washington

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Id like to work with Justin Bieber. Hes talented and hes so young. I know what hes going through. Ive lived what hes living through right now. Working with him would complete a circle of sorts for me. And he might find it a worthwhile experience himself. – Donny Osmond

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I developed a mechanism so that whatever mistakes I made, I would bounce straight back. Whatever was happening off the pitch, I could put it to one side and maintain my form. Call it mental resilience or a strong mind, but that is what we mean when we talk about experience in a football team. – Gary Neville

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Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other? – George Eliot

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And then I went to Dawsons Creek, which is a show that was, for better or for worse, all about the language. It was a word-perfect show, which Id never had any experience with. And it was really shocking for me. I felt really hemmed in. At the time, it wasnt my favorite working experience. – Busy Philipps

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The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from red people. – Gerome Gragni and James Rado, 1967

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When an elderly woman was asked why she was standing in line to buy stamps from a teller when she could have used a stamp machine she replied: The machine wont ask me about my arthritis! – Source Unknown