Failure Quotes
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I had this contract to write songs for people when I was about 18. I don't think any of them were taken up; I was a complete failure at it! But I've kept doing it, writing little songs for myself.
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War represents the supreme failure of nations to resolve their differences. From a strictly pragmatic standpoint, it is the most inefficient waste of lives and resources ever conceived.
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If history offers no obvious solutions, however, it does at least provide the comfort of knowing that failure is nothing new.
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I rise today to offer a formal and heartfelt apology to all the victims of lynching in our history, and for the failure of the United States Senate to take action when action was most needed.
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'I cannot define failure because I don't believe in failure. There is no failure in my book. All I see is success, directed by the Spirit of God.'
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Failure is the mother of success mother. I learned from that passion and sincerity.
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I feel like 'Just.me' is not successful, but it is not a failure.
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Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.
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It's not about failure; it's about trying something and risking something for attaining your goal.
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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.
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Risk management systems and controls may discourage or limit certain revenue-generating opportunities. Failure to ensure the independence of these functions from the revenue generators and risk takers has been shown to be dangerous, and this is something for which the board is accountable.
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Failure cannot cope with persistence.
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Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It’s not optional.
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Our health-care morass is like the problems of global warming and the national debt - the kind of vast policy failure that is far easier to get into than to get out of. Americans say that they want leaders who will take on these problems.
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'I'm accusing you of violating the laws of nature,' he said, irritated at my failure to respond. 'Nature's virtue is intact,' I reassured him. 'I just know some different laws.'
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The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.
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You can't be afraid of the problem. Don't be afraid of failure; don't be afraid to make mistakes. Make sure you learn from each step; iterate, and stay as efficient as possible without being paralyzed by a difficult situation.
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It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.
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Don't let failure get you down. Babe Ruth struck out over 1,300 times.
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Ten years after Dayton, that these two primary architects of these appalling crimes should still be free is a failure on all sides.
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The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote.
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What people often ask me is, 'What are the ingredients of Silicon Valley?' While the answer to that is complex, some of the ingredients I talk about are celebrating entrepreneurship, accepting failure, and embracing a mobile and diverse workforce.
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Our main aim globally is to connect more women to the economy because we know there is a specific market failure there: women are having more difficulty in business than men.
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I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally.
