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Schools dont really allow failure and yet its a valid part of any

Schools dont really allow failure and yet its a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing. – Roddy Doyle

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When I started writing full time I had not long stopped being a teacher and when at last I had a full day to write, I would put music on and wonder to myself – am I allowed to do this? Then I thought: I am control of this and no one is telling me what I can do. – Roddy Doyle

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teacher
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Roddy Doyle
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No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isnt yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words. – Roddy Doyle

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Experience
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Roddy Doyle
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Failure
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In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible. – Seth Godin

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Failure

Theres no such thing as failure – just waiting for success. – John Osborne

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Failure

Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive. – Andy Grove

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Failure

My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about. – Dean Kamen

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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. – Joseph Addison

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Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful. – Albert Camus

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