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

Other quotes by Alice James

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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One fails forward toward success. – Charles F. Kettering

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Failure

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure. – Napoleon Hill

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Failure

Failures not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger. – Billy Dee Williams

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Failure

My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another! – Takeshi Kitano

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Failure

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Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated. – Author Unknown

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From you we have learned what we, at least, value, to separate Church and State and from you we gather inspiration at all times in our devotion to learning, to religious liberty, and to individual and National freedom. – Seth Low

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The more unique your film is and unusual it is and difficult it is, the harder it is to get it financed. Thats why a lot of good filmmakers are doing television. They do HBO movies. – David Cronenberg

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