Quote by Alice James
The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems

The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape. – Alice James

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How sick one gets of being good, how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours embody selfishness. – Alice James

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respect
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One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. – Alice James

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Failure
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I simply dont believe in failure. In itself, it doesnt exist. We create it. We make ourselves fail. – Alice Foote MacDougall

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That sense of failure, I dont know where people put it who dont write songs and arent able to emote physically. It must go somewhere. – Sting

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Failure

All war represents a failure of diplomacy. – Tony Benn

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Failure

None of us is guaranteed against failure or corruption of any kind witness whats going on in the world in this moment, the follies of human nature and the failures of human nature. – Morris West

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The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. Ive always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational. – Cheryl James

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