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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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What weve got here is a failure to communicate. – Donn Pearce

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The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society. – Paddy Ashdown

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Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others. – Amelia Earhart

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Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didnt have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city. – Michael Chertoff

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Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesnt matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state. – Iain Banks

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