Quote by Toby Young
America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more res

America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure. – Toby Young

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In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a persons life chances, so were less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that its much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America. – Toby Young

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Failure
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Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms of someone who has a troubled relationship with their father. And yet, I never had a problem with my father. – Toby Young

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relationship
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Ive 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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Failure
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The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations. – David Suzuki

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There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success. – Max Beerbohm, Mainly on the Air, 1946

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Failure

The Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West, so was my information inadequate to help them to victory, or did it play no particular role in their failure to achieve victory? – Aldrich Ames

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Failure

I think our failure in the production of good town churches of distinctive character must have struck you often, as it has me, when contrasted with our comparative success in country churches. – George Edmund Street

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