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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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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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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The fact that The Bridge contains folk lore and other material suitable to the epic form need not therefore prove its failure as a long lyric poem, with interrelated sections. – Hart Crane

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The failure of the United Nations – My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council. – Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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Failure

Ive learned to think in terms of having a long career. Actors can have very long careers that last until the day we die, but there will be moments when youll feel like youre a failure or when youre disappointed in yourself. – Bryce Dallas Howard

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Failure

Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if youre up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly. – Cory Lidle

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Failure

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For lack of a better term, theyve labeled me a sex symbol. Its flattering and it should happen to every bald, overweight guy. – Dennis Franz

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