Quote by Alvin Adams
Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public e

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure. – Alvin Adams

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Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear. – Alvin Adams

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Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help. – Alvin Adams

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power
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Nothing fails like failure. – Margaret Drabble

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Failure is authentic, and because its authentic, its real and genuine, and because of that, its a pure state of being. – Doug Coupland

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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing. – Guy Kawasaki

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