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The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail. ↗

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

#enables #endears #fail #governments #main

You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down. ↗

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

#certainty #comfortable #down #nations #safely

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#labor #person #right #undignified

You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#day #every #every day #fail #getting

And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#decathlon #down #get #high #hill

As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#athlete #first #fun #having #having fun

As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#cried #even #get #i #never

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#favorite #gold #gold medal #i #medal

I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#because #best #big #big fan #bruce

I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#back #concerned #did #held #i