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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Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going. – Tennessee Williams

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The only risk of failure is promotion. – Scott Adams

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In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things. – Harvey Fierstein

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The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to enable the German economy to function as an economic unit. – James F. Byrnes

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Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success. – Tom Kite

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