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Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is pl

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them. – Doug Coupland

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We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes. – Doug Coupland

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Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair. – Doug Coupland

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Theres something to be said for failing. Its not the failure you feel, its the failure that people project when something disappoints. Youre back to ground zero, where theres no expectations, and thats where I like to be. – Kevin Smith

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Failure is success if we learn from it. – Malcolm Forbes

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I think everyone shares a fear of failure – that youre only as good as your most recent collection. Thats definitely a fear, but its a fear that fuels me, that makes me want to work harder, that makes me take on more challenges. – Alexander Wang

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Divorce is never a pleasant experience. You look upon it as a failure. But I learned to be a different person once we broke up. Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success. – Michael Crawford

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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you. – Rumi

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I wouldnt go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. Its a nasty experience. Youre up there all by yourself. Youre so damn exposed. – Elia Kazan

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Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to the end – therefore it has a poignancy. Beauty that is singular always comes from following an experience to the point where you can go no further. – Joan Chen

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