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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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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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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None of us is guaranteed against failure or corruption of any kind witness whats going on in the world in this moment, the follies of human nature and the failures of human nature. – Morris West

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Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit. – Napoleon Hill

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The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world. – Karl Liebknecht

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The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to be, and how to process the failure of my marriage. – Ethan Hawke

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