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Failure

You cant have any successes unless you can accept failure. – George Cukor

Failure doesnt kill you… it increases your desire to make something happen. – Kevin Costner

Its a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment and of low growth. – Nigel Farage

Ive had a lot of success Ive had failures, so I learn from the failure. – Gordon Ramsay

Theres a difference between a failure and a fiasco… a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. – Orlando Bloom

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixons lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known. – Bob Woodward

Nixons grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped. – Bob Woodward

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority, or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with Americas security foremost in mind? – Rahm Emanuel

There is no middle ground in Hollywood youre a failure or youre a success. That mentality is wild. – Javier Bardem

Its not that we fly by the seat of our pants. Were not afraid of failure. – Craig Ferguson

I find writing very difficult. Its hard and it hurts sometimes, and its scary because of the fear of failure and the very unpleasant feeling that you may have reached the limit of your abilities. – Tony Kushner

Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isnt in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure. – Jensen Ackles

Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know Ive never considered failure. – Jennifer Lawrence

Well, I think its too early to call Fallujah a failure. – Charles Schumer

Im fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that Ive wired myself for failure. – Ron Perlman

I dont have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And Im willing to risk quite a lot – as a comedian, youre always risking a lot. Youre risking failure, especially if youre improvising and going on TV shows trying to make comedy out of thin air. That is quite a risky business. – David Walliams

We now live in a world where the only thing to have is success, but failure is marvelous. Its fertiliser, its like living fertiliser, because youre forced on yourself. – Rupert Everett

Im kind of a failure. I mean, Ill be honest. Im successful in that Im getting to work on great stuff, but I think Im a failure in all the personal stuff that is most important to me. – Paul Feig

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

Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasnt an option to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasnt able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship. – Trisha Yearwood