Quote by S.I. Hayakawa
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Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, “I have failed three times,” and what happens when he says, “I am a failure.” – S.I. Hayakawa

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If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it. – S.I. Hayakawa

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Those terrifying verbal jungles called laws are simply such directives, accumulated, codified, and systematized through the centuries. – S.I. Hayakawa

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Justice & Law
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Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school children in a democracy is to stage bigger and better flag-saluting. – S.I. Hayakawa

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For every failure, theres an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour. – Mary Kay Ash

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Whenever you leave behind failure you’re doing good. If you think everything you’ve done is great, you’re probably dumb. – Louis C.K.

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Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit. – Napoleon Hill

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Ive come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy. – Tony Robbins

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Ive been given an amazing opportunity and I could not be more grateful. But I also know that all this will eventually die off. Its not real. It will go away and then youll go away and then, I dont know, Ill be left sitting in some English hotel room. – Josh Brolin

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