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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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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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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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Medical
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Failure
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I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger. – Molly Ringwald

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Failure

Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so. – Estelle Morris

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Failure

When someone is going downhill everyone likes to give them a kick. – Proverb

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Failure

Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest. – Richard V. Allen

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Since having the babies, I realize that 90 percent of losing weight is my diet. – Mariah Carey

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People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and thats a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated. – Lucille Clifton

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Some folks wear their halos much too tight. – Author Unknown

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Learning how to fly, for me, was so euphoric. – Hilary Swank

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