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Quote by Edward Dowden
Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a dist

Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. – Edward Dowden

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For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in regarding ones own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss. – Edward Dowden

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Edward Dowden
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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

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Failure

This is true enough, but success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you cant be happy as a success, its very unlikely that you would find a deeper, truer happiness in failure. – Michael Korda

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Failure

The failure of the United Nations – My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council. – Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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Failure

Failure is success if we learn from it. – Malcolm Forbes

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Failure

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There are a lot of things I can take, and a few that I cant. What I cant take is when my older brother, whos everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things. I saw that look in your eyes last night. I dont ever want to see that look in your eyes again. – M. Night Shyamalan

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You dont have a family doctor anymore like you did when you were a kid, who treated you throughout your life. – Mehmet Oz

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A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally. – Maya Angelou

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What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera. – Aldous Huxley

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