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Quote by Tennessee Williams
I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success. – Tennessee Williams

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Were all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress. – Tennessee Williams

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Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is. – Tennessee Williams

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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett

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Educational institutes can no longer be prizes in church politics or furnish berths for failure in other walks of life. – E. Franklin Frazier

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Nothing fails like failure. – Margaret Drabble

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