684 private quotes tagged failure

“Nothing succeeds, they say, like success. And certainly nothing fails like failure.” — Margaret Drabble

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“War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.” — Bill Moyers

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“I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure.” — Sam Donaldson

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“Pharmaceutical companies are enjoying unprecedented profits and access with this Administration. Yet the Republicans' prescription drug plan for seniors has been a colossal failure, and over 43 million Americans wake up every morning without health insurance.” — Jim Clyburn

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“The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia.” — Hideki Tojo

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“There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.” — John Osborne

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“The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to enable the German economy to function as an economic unit.” — James F. Byrnes

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“Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest.” — Richard V. Allen

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“We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.” — Alan Shearer

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“The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.” — Major Taylor

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“War is failure of diplomacy.” — John Dingell

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“If we do not get No Child Left Behind right for Limited English Proficient students, the law will be a failure for most schools in the 15th Congressional District, and for many across the nation.” — Ruben Hinojosa

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“Failure is what we're all running from, we're always running toward success with failure at our back.” — Natalie Goldberg

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“I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.” — Natalie Goldberg

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“The rise of China as a new power is another great challenge for the US. Our failure to properly handle Germany and Japan earlier in the 20th century cost us and the world dearly. We must not make this same mistake with China.” — Steve Forbes

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“Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.” — Steve Forbes

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“I was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as I'm trying my best. So I've had a 'blood, guts and glory' approach through my whole life.” — Ali Larter

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“Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city.” — Michael Chertoff

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“My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.'” — Dana Fox

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“I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger.” — Molly Ringwald

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“But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.” — Don Nickles

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“There comes a point in your moviegoing life where you look at the screen and then you look at the world and you ask, 'What is going on?' You want the movies to show you the chaos and mess and risk and failure that are normal for a lot of us. Generally, the movies hide all of that.” — Wesley Morris

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“Jobs for every American is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production. We ought to recognize it and create an income-maintenance system so every single American has the dignity and the wherewithal for shelter, basic food, and medical care. I'm talking about welfare for all. Without it, you're going to have warfare for all.” — Jerry Brown

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“I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.” — Jeff Tweedy

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“Don't come home a failure.” — Ty Cobb

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