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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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I was convicted of three misdemeanors of willful failure to file a form. – Wesley Snipes

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If we do not get No Child Left Behind right for Limited English Proficient students, the law will be a failure for most schools in the 15th Congressional District, and for many across the nation. – Ruben Hinojosa

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The failure to dissect the cause of war leaves us open for the next installment. – Chris Hedges

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Its not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail. – Jimmy Carter

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If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom. – Nigel Farage

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While youre improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, you know that, hey, were having fun. – Shelley Berman

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The history of our grandparents is remembered not with rose petals but in the laughter and tears of their children and their children’s children. It is into us that the lives of grandparents have gone. It is in us that their history becomes a future. – Charles and Ann Morse

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I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there. – Fred Allen

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