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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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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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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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Other Quotes from
Failure
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I think Ive failed every test Ive ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it. – Lisa Marie Presley

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Failure

We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States. – Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Failure

When you experience a failure as a leader, dont hide it – talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks. – Naveen Jain

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Failure

In America, theres a failure to appreciate Europes leading role in the world. – Barack Obama

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Failure

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Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about. – Herman Cain

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Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment. – Alan Watts

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Meditation

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. – Kin Hubbard

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Men

I have a hotline to the tabloids. When I get up in the morning, I call the Star, and the last thing at night, I call them. I want them to have the inside track. – Kirstie Alley

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Morning