“If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.”
— Bryan Cranston
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Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts
“Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost.”
— Johann Most
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Once you can accept failure, you can
“Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success.”
— Rickey Henderson
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One of the reasons people stop learning
“One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.”
— John W. Gardner
Author: John W. Gardner
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Failure in the theater is more dramatic
“Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.”
— Lillian Hellman
Author: Lillian Hellman
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The success or failure of a life,
“The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape.”
— Alice James
Author: Alice James
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No failure in America, whether of love
“No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes.”
— Greil Marcus
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We failed, but in the good providence
“We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.”
— Robert E. Lee
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Success is a public affair. Failure is
“Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.”
— Rosalind Russell
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I think our failure in the production
“I think our failure in the production of good town churches of distinctive character must have struck you often, as it has me, when contrasted with our comparative success in country churches.”
— George Edmund Street
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Ambition is the last refuge of the
“Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”
— Oscar Wilde
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