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The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we're not incorporating the true damage to the… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
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The Way of the Warrior has been misunderstood. It is not a means to kill and destroy others. Those who seek to… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
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You have to enjoy the pressure because it's not like we are doctors doing surgery. You make a mistake as a doctor… — Jannik Sinner Copy Share Image
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I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to measure the… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
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We often say how impressive power is. But I do not find it impressive at all. The guns and the bombs, the… — Lyndon B Johnson Copy Share Image
I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of… — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
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There is no failure in life. It all depends how you take things. If you are desiring too much - you want… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The sort of resilient personality who can bounce back quickly after a major setback, does so largely because they quickly generate positive… — Nick Baylis Copy Share Image
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Most of us have love in our lives. Most of us love other people are are ourselves loved by others. But make… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
He always seemed to women different from what he was, and they loved in him not himself, but the man created by… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the… — Frank Borman Copy Share Image
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If anything I love when I'm the underdog. It gives me an opportunity to fight back stronger and show people, 'Ok, if… — Liz Carmouche Copy Share Image
When I got the offer to do 'Weird Ernie' in the pilot, I was living in New York, and somebody had made… — Bruce McGill Copy Share Image
Obviously, you want to teach your child between right and wrong, respect and being kind to others, whether it's their sisters or… — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
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If you look at the architecture of Washington, D.C., it is not by mistake that the dome over the Capitol is the… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
The failure of Obamacare, I think, rests solely on the shoulders of Democrats. They created the program. They pushed it through. They… — Sarah Huckabee Sanders Copy Share Image
All our efforts to guard and guide our children may just get in the way of the one thing they need most… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
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It is important to go into work you would like to do. Then it doesn't seem like work. You sometimes feel it's… — Gertrude B. Elion Copy Share Image
I know that I make technical mistakes from time to time. It's one of the aspects of my game that I've been… — Thomas Muller Copy Share Image
The nation's largest savings and loan, Washington Mutual, has become the biggest bank failure in history. See, the problem with the savings… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The dangers of an Afghan collapse are many: Afghan deaths, a loss of American prestige, a loss of NATO prestige, a moral… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image