#failings

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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Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness. ↗

— Anne Seward

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An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death. ↗

— Elijah Cummings

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Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation. ↗

— Paul Theroux

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Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

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At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings. ↗

— Hector Berlioz

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