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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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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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 is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then youve got something to share. – Steve Harvey

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A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature. – Paul Getty

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Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success. – Tom Kite

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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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