You're afraid of making mistakes. Don't be. Mistakes can be profited b…

Ray Bradbury
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You're afraid of making mistakes. Don't be. Mistakes can be profited by. Man, when I was young I shoved my ignorance in people's faces. They beat me with sticks. By the time I was forty my blunt instrument had been honed to a fine cutting point for me. If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn. ✨ Ray Bradbury (2016). Fahrenheit 451, p.51, Hamilton Books
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