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Quote by John Dewey
Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. – John Dewey

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To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. – John Dewey

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Happiness
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Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis. – John Dewey

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History
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Every failure is a step to success. – William Whewell

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Failure? Scared to death of it. – Ryan Seacrest

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Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest. – Richard V. Allen

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War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination. – Bill Moyers

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We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption. – James Hansen

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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob. – Salvador Dali

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