#failing

When we hide our failings from others, we seek to hide them from ourselves, and it is in the latter attempt that we are most successful. ↗

— Pierre Nicole

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Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn't want her. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

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But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing. ↗

— Stuart Pearce

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But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of their world. And I never had to look too hard to find a part of myself in them. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

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Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success. ↗

— Mark Skousen

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If it all looks good on the surface, I'll know I've failed at life ↗

— Julia Hoban

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Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. ↗

— Julie Andrews

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Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with. ↗

— Paula Abdul

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If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative. ↗

— Woody Allen

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The streets and alleys of the ward were notoriously filthy, and the contractors habitually neglected them, not failing, however, to draw their regular payments from the city treasury. ↗

— Ray Stannard Baker

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