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Quote by George Eliot
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

And when a womans will is as strong as the mans who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment. – George Eliot

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strength
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George Eliot
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Tis God gives skill, but not without mens hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivariuss violins without Antonio. – George Eliot

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Violins
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George Eliot
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Failure
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I have always believed that its important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. – T. Boone Pickens

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Failure

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure. – Elias Canetti

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Failure

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure. – Sidney Hook

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Failure

Were born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure. – Whoopi Goldberg

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The cities of the world are concentric, isomorphic, synchronic. Only one exists and you are always in the same one. Its the effect of their permanent revolution, their intense circulation, their instantaneous magnetism. – Jean Baudrillard

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