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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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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
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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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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. – Winston Churchill

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In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option. – Zbigniew Brzezinski

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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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Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the fall of Enron. He was the man at the controls. But failure is not a crime. – Michael Ramsey

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