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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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One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. – 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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Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed. – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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But all actors go through the process, its hit and miss, you have achievement and failure. – Thomas Haden Church

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Ive learned to think in terms of having a long career. Actors can have very long careers that last until the day we die, but there will be moments when youll feel like youre a failure or when youre disappointed in yourself. – Bryce Dallas Howard

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Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. – Denis Waitley

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Ive never met a person who has more integrity than my husband. I respect that. Theres his humor and intelligence, too, and hes really cute, all those things – but if you dont respect your partner, youll get sick of him. – Michelle Pfeiffer

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It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design. – Christian Siriano

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