Quote by Toby Young
Ive become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I

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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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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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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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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There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose. – Kin Hubbard

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Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China. – Steve Forbes

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The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who youve got playing the leads. – Steven Moffat

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Failure

Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered. – Lee H. Hamilton

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Failure is authentic, and because its authentic, its real and genuine, and because of that, its a pure state of being. – Doug Coupland

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Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool. – Bill OReilly

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famous

He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote… takes on the character of divine revelation. – Margaret Halsey

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. – Ayn Rand

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Money