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Quote by Alexander Payne
I get asked, How can you have such failures in your films? Well, w

I get asked, How can you have such failures in your films? Well, what else is life about? Theres some sense of constant failure in something. Humor gives you a distance from it. – Alexander Payne

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Even if we die at 100, were still dying young. I want at least 700 years. Theres a lot of travelling and books to read and movies to see. Im not going to squeeze it all in in 85 years. – Alexander Payne

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movies
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Alexander Payne
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Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and its up to us to try to change it… I feel like a preacher! But its really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally. – Alexander Payne

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Future
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Alexander Payne
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The biggest fear I have is to die with regrets, and of course that will come true. – Alexander Payne

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Fear
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Failure
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You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember thats where youll find success – on the far side of failure. – Thomas John Watson, Sr.

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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure. – Edsger Dijkstra

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I dont know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, theyve got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure. – Sam Donaldson

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There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat. – Ann Landers

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Failure

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