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Related It's premature to determine what mistakes were made, if any mistakes were made, EDWIN FIGUEROA They made mistakes, we made mistakes, left people on base. They just got the break in the end. ERNIE BECK There were a lot of mistakes made that season to lose 119 games but I learned from those mistakes. I... BRANDON INGE We just made mistakes, and it was costly mistakes. It's disappointing, the season's over. DEMA KOVALENKO I've made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes. HENRY ROLLINS All the mistakes I've ever made in my life have been when I've been drunk. I haven't mad... TRACEY EMIN I accept responsibility for the mistakes that we made. No one is more disappointed with our shortcom... DON FOWLER We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may ... AL GORE We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may ... DAN QUAYLE We made mistakes, too. We had two big turnovers, and one down there in the red zone. Everyone made m... ANTWAAN RANDLE EL We made mistakes. We knew we couldn't make any mistakes and if we made one mistake the Sallies would... JAMES SOLOMON I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it. JACK JOHNSON I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it. JACK JOHNSON (BOXER) One of the mistakes I made was placing too much trust in Montesinos, ALBERTO FUJIMORI One of the mistakes I made was placing too much trust in Montesinos. ALBERTO FUJIMORI We know how many mistakes we've made. STEVEN WEINBERG Progress is being made. The American people need to know that, ... Mistakes have been made, too, and... FRANK WOLF It was unfortunate we made a couple mistakes in the third inning. Errors happen in a game, it was ju... LEIGH ROSS We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not ... DAN QUAYLE We made some little mistakes that we shouldn't have made. JACQUES LEMAIRE There is really no one who hasn't made mistakes in their career. I'm always shocked that peo... JAMES CORDEN They made mistakes in the first two games and we took advantage of it and we made mistakes in the la... JEFF DAVIDSON No one remembers how the American people responded day-to-day, week-to-week, or month-to-month about... DONNA BRAZILE The past wrote about the future not acknowledging the past writing about the future. Will we ever le... ANGELA DILLON Obviously we made some mistakes in the guild with leadership. ROBBY ALBARADO It was a big defensive battle. Both teams were struggling. They got a couple big plays on us, big pe... ERIC OLSEN (Y-C) came out stronger than we did in the second half. We made bad mistakes. KATY WILSON Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe that as the people of Amer... BARBARA JORDAN We talked about the importance of getting inside and boxing out so much after the Carroll game. We w... EMMA BROOKS I think I'm doing OK. I think our No. 1 defense is doing fine. It's a mental thing, not physical mis... WILL SMITH Mistakes were made, ... You don't prosecute people for making mistakes. BRUCE BABBITT We agreed not to talk about the past and acknowledged that mistakes were made. Everyone makes mistak... LOTHAR MATTHAEUS If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, ... MARY PICKFORD We were down and we rallied, but we made critical mistakes down the stretch. DALE LATIMER When we did the things we were supposed to do, we played well. But we made way too many mental mista... BOB CUMMINGS We made some mental mistakes. BRIAN DOZIER We need to move forward and try to do the best we can to forget the mistakes that were made. They we... MARGARET CRAFT We've all made mistakes that are similar in just trying to get by or make some money or feel goo... LAURA KIGHTLINGER The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to ... CULLEN HIGHTOWER Between the 30 we were halfway decent. Once we got inside there we made mistakes. JACK MCCAULEY We made some mistakes, but it doesn't matter. We made up for them at the right time. BRIAN REA Osawatomie is a quality opponent and we made a lot of mistakes. We just made a couple plays here and... BRAD SCOTT I was pleased with the effort. We made some early season mistakes. DENNIS PENDRAK We cannot sustain the mistakes that we made, and I will not allow it, LES MILES We are disappointed we lost our first game of the tournament. We made a few mistakes and we were pun... PETER NDLOVU We made a lot less mistakes, ADRIAN ANDERSON We made too many wrong mistakes. YOGI BERRA We made mistakes under pressure in the second half and that cost us the game. DE WET BARRY I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mist... RINGO STARR I thought we played fairly well in the first half. We made some mistakes that could have made the le... BYRON YOUNG It is difficult to acknowledge that mistakes were made in the critical first few hours when the impa... GEOFF DAVIS We made a lot of fundamental mistakes. When you make fundamental mistakes, you can't win. ED MORRIS We made a bunch of mistakes, and when you make mistakes it's hard to win. GREG WILSON Mistakes were made. Others were blamed. DARYNDA JONES You can't make anything without making mistakes, do you know what I mean? Robert De Niro's i... JAMES CORDEN I just missed my, spots and left some pitches up in the zone, ... I made mistakes and paid for it. GUSTAVO CHACIN I just missed my spots and left some pitches up in the zone. I made mistakes and paid for it. GUSTAVO CHACIN Unbelievable, early on, we made the mistakes. But in the end, they never quit. LARRY MAKI Mistakes [were] made, human errors, in taking photographs and in the preservation of the stem cells. HWANG WOO SUK I wouldn't change anything. I've made mistakes, but thanks to those mistakes, I've learn... ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Someone made mistakes years back & we call it STANDARDS... VIJAYRAJ BHATT We know where we made mistakes last year and we know how to resolve them. MARC GENE The game of golf doesn't come rushing back to you. Last week I made a couple of fundamental mist... GREG NORMAN We made mistakes early on in the game, but I was pleased with the poise that we showed on that last ... JOHN RAFFERTY At the start of the game our bats were asleep, we were asleep. They came out aggressive and we didn'... BOB YAGGE We just made too many mistakes in a row and it cost us. GARY WARD I thought we attacked the glass hard in the second half, and that was the difference. We relaxed a l... JEFF MORROW We should not blame people by the mistakes of others. DANIEL MELGAçO I don't agree with capital punishment as it is now, because too often mistakes are made. But I t... JEFF LINDSAY It was a winnable game. But we knew if we made the same mistakes we made in the first half and didn'... GARFIELD BLAIR I made two little mistakes at the top in the second leg and Rocca just made none. That made the diff... KALLE PALANDER We made too many mistakes and that counted against us. We have to have a look at ourselves. We made ... DE WET BARRY Tonight, execution was the key. Down the stretch, we made mistakes and missed on some easy opportuni... GARY BEADLES We made a few mistakes in the field, and we were able to pitch around that for the most part. That's... CHAD EPPERSON We did some things right, but unfortunately we lost because of the mistakes we made. It was a good g... CINDY FITZGERALD We had our chances to score in the loss. But we made critical mistakes on defense. GREG OGLESBY The more mistakes you make, the fewer mistakes are left have to be made. VIKRANT PARSAI We made some really bad choices and mistakes. We started playing fast instead of playing the way we ... BRUCE LARNER It was a very frustrating game. I know our girls can execute. We just made too many mistakes. DARREN MATHEWS It was a battle. But in the fourth quarter they made bigger plays than we did. KAREEM RUSH The times we've made mistakes, they haven't missed them. That's the only explanation I have for you. GARY BENNETT I have made mistakes, but I never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one. JAMES GORDON BENNETT The bottom line is their team didn't make the mistakes we made. BRYCE FISHER We made a mistake on the first play, and when you score on the first play you get momentum going. Th... GERALD TEMPLES Our government leaders... have made many mistakes in the past when they have lost sight of the sacre... SAMUEL DASH We made a couple of mistakes in the first half. But overall we played a pretty good game. ROQUE MIRELES The most useful form of time travel would be to go back a year or two and rectify the mistakes we ma... MATT LUCAS We made some mental mistakes in the game, but we played well enough to win it and thank god we were ... BOB ASMUSSEN We can't make the mistakes we made last season and expect to compete. GEORGE SMALL This week was terrible. We made mental mistakes we don't usually make and physical mistakes we don't... JAKE SCOTT We played them better than the first time. The second time, we still made silly mistakes, but were a... JODI SACKVILLE You can't make mistakes on them and we made some mistakes. (The Pistons) were desperate. We didn't h... CUTTINO MOBLEY There were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia's history and it further development. ... BORIS YELTSIN We had a couple of mental lapses in the second half. We made a couple of decisions on bad passes. We... PETER ARNOLD We made some mental mistakes and didn't shoot well. COLLEEN WELLS And we should have had another three placers, we just made a couple of mistakes, and the guys who be... JOE WELLS They impress me as much as any team I have seen in this league. We made a lot of mistakes, but most ... BOB KNIGHT None of this is to deny that the Niger Delta has made mistakes. It has, and a good number at that. B... EMI IYALLA The idea that there aren't mistakes made constantly in the judicial system is too obvious even t... JAMES TOBACK That happens. They were playing really good defense. We just made a couple of mistakes, and when you... FRANCISCO GARCIA
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