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

Other quotes by S.I. Hayakawa

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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Patriotism
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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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Other Quotes from
Failure
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Dont be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed. – Lily Tomlin

Category:
Failure

I dont have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And Im willing to risk quite a lot – as a comedian, youre always risking a lot. Youre risking failure, especially if youre improvising and going on TV shows trying to make comedy out of thin air. That is quite a risky business. – David Walliams

Category:
Failure

I dont want to feel like a failure to my daughter. Shes the best thing Ive ever done. Buffy – pretty great and all, but Charlottes way better. – Sarah Michelle Gellar

Category:
Failure

I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. Its a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but were losing a little bit of that right now. – Mike Krzyzewski

Category:
Failure

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Genuinely skillful use of obscenities is uniformly absent on the Internet. – Karl Kleinpaste

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Internet

Ive never met a person who has more integrity than my husband. I respect that. Theres his humor and intelligence, too, and hes really cute, all those things – but if you dont respect your partner, youll get sick of him. – Michelle Pfeiffer

Category:
Humor

There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. – Edmund Burke

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Tolerance

I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years. – Rick Springfield

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teen