Failed Quotes

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I actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do, and actually failed. — Steve Toltz
I have begun several projects which were never completed, not necessarily because they failed, but because I got interested in other things. — Richard Dawkins
The dissolution of the Oslo Accords would serve as the official act validating what we already know - that this failed framework is totally irrelevant… — Danny Danon
Originally I wanted somewhere to set my short stories about the sort of people I recognise having grown up with. Carnbeg was staring me in… — Ronald Frame
I thought Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong time and have been fighting to get the Administration to stop its failed policy and… — Jim McGovern
Cynicism stems from disappointment. Cynical and faithless people were not always like that. They were filled with possibilities and hope as kids. But they tried… — Robin S. Sharma
Suffering is a corrective to point out a lesson which by other means we have failed to grasp, and never can it be eradicated until… — Edward Bach
Death became a desired option. I hoped I would hit a mine or run into an ambush and just end it all. I think some… — Romeo Dallaire
President Obama seems completely unaware of how many of the policies he is trying to impose have been tried before, in many times and places… — Thomas Sowell
As an athlete, success is not just about winning; it is about working hard and giving it all you have. I have always taken one… — Rohan Bopanna
Never underestimate the ability of political leaders to misread history on a monumental scale. The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have both served to hasten… — Martin Jacques
After its defeat in the Second World War, Japan, unlike Germany, failed to show true contrition or give a fulsome apology, though it showered its… — Martin Jacques
You have plausible deniability, as they say in politics, as an author with movies. Because if the movie is terrible, you simply say they failed… — Walter Kirn
Narendra Modi is a bubble. After elevation in his party, his first test was the Karnataka election. He failed miserably in that. — Jitin Prasada
Alternative services would mean that there would be services available to compete with Google, Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Skype, etc., and they would be run by… — Mikko Hypponen
The collapse of the Tower of Babel is perhaps the central urban myth. It is certainly the most disquieting. In Babylon, the great city that… — Neil MacGregor
I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I… — Dolly Parton
President Obama is one of the great political knife-fighters in modern history. He is a failed president - his economy is bleak, his foreign policy… — Ben Shapiro
Even today, when the Obama administration has liberalized travel to Cuba - and failed to reverse that liberalization when Alan Gross was imprisoned - there… — Elliott Abrams
History will not judge HIV/AIDS kindly... the harshest words will be reserved for how the world responded, or rather failed to respond, to the epidemic. — Seth Berkley

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