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You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do. ↗

— Norman Douglas

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Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature. ↗

— Rita Dove

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Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them. ↗

— Jim Doyle

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My egotistical concern was less that I would fail to relate to my classmates than that they would know nothing of my uniquely tortured life's course and, thus, me. ↗

— John Thorn

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Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed. ↗

— Lily Tomlin

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The marketplace judges technologies by their practical effectiveness, by whether they succeed or fail to do the job they are designed to do. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

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Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others. ↗

— Amelia Earhart

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Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others. ↗

— Amelia Earhart

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Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others. ↗

— Amelia Earhart

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Any man who takes a job with the idea that it is simply a springboard for something else is a chump. His attention will be more on the other things than on the job at hand and so he will fail. ↗

— Charles Edison

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