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Quote by James Thurber
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far back

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. – James Thurber

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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. – James Thurber

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Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. – Tim McMahon

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If you’re never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances. – Julia Sorel (Rosalyn Drexler), See How She Runs, 1978

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An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping hell quickly learn how to chew it. – Roy Ash

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We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring. – David Grayson

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He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation. – James A. Garfield

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All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. – Frank Zappa

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Everything in life depends on how that life accepts its limits. – James Baldwin

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It wasnt so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, its just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change. – Michelle Obama

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