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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Conformity
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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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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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I believe only in art and failure. – Jane Rule

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I wasnt afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure. – Anne Baxter

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The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results. – Major Taylor

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Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost. – Johann Most

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