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Quote by Roddy Doyle
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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There is no failure except in no longer trying. – Elbert Hubbard

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Failure

My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didnt want to let them down. – Jerry Rice

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Failure

I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure. – Chen Shui-bian

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Failure

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. – Denis Waitley

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Failure

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I grew up not really having anything, so the idea that I can take care of my family and my friends now is a really cool bonus. – Katy Perry

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North Dakota State. What do you have to do there to graduate? Milk a cow with your left hand? – Bobby Heenan

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It is all nonsense, to be sure and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams – not by any means of all dreams – moves, it may be said, in the opposite direction to the method of psycho-analysis. – Arthur Machen

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