"Impulse is, after all, the best linguist; its logic, if not conformable to Aristotle, cannot fail to be most convincing."
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"I fail to see what dangers surrounding states can see in the ideas of the Soviet people if these states are really firmly seated in their saddles."
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"Try to do unto others as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much better that they should fail than you should."
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"It's ok to FAIL it's not ok to Quit"
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"Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them."
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"Words fail, there are times when even they fail."
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"Friends are often chosen for similitude of manners, and therefore each palliates the other's failings because they are his own."
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"There are many people who have big plans but their big plans never come true. The reason is, too many people have big plans but fail to keep their small agreements."
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"I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail."
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"To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare to fail... failure is his world and the shrink from it desertion"
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"Diplomacy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone would fail."
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"You are epic fail if you think you are better than me!"
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"If you're not ready to fail, you're not going to learn how to cook."
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"When the eye fails to find beauty-alias solace-it commands the body to create it, or, failing that, adjusts itself to perceive virtue in ugliness."
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"If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail."
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"The only thing we are sure to fail is that which we do not attempt"
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"Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what I am."
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"O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing wound thee sore!"
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"Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails."
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"When all else fails there's always delusion."
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