#isa

I think making mistakes is as inevitable as receiving disappointments. ↗

— Loretta Young

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I've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment. ↗

— Toby Young

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It was always disappointing to see that what I could really master in terms of form boiled down to so little. ↗

— Alberto Giacometti

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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old. ↗

— Laura San Giacomo

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When we moved to Seattle, everybody kind of disappeared into different corners of the city and it was a very difficult time for the band. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

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Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. ↗

— Andre Gide

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If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss. ↗

— Kathie Lee Gifford

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I've always been afraid of saying no to people because I don't want them to be disappointed and dislike me. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a moral disaster - especially if some nations are not democracies. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

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