Failed Quotes

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I must stress, basically, the very fact that we do have orangutan rehabilitation means that we have failed to do what is really important, and… — Willie Smits
With respect to sticking accelerator pedals, we failed to connect the dots between problems in Europe and problems in the United States because the European… — Akio Toyoda
It is much harder for economies to prosper if they cannot sell to, buy from, invest with, and even transit their neighbors. Landlocked countries with… — Robert Zoellick
Whatever the final outcome in Iraq, our men and women in uniform should stand tall with pride for a job well done. It was our… — Kathleen Troia McFarland
One of the lessons of Vietnam, which we failed to heed in the Iraq war and the Afghanistan surge, is that before you commit U.S.… — Kathleen Troia McFarland
For too long, humanity has acted with an outrageous lack of responsibility. We wanted everything for ourselves: greed, really. We failed to look at the… — Shari Arison
My mother tried to teach me when I was a small child to sing but failed because of my inability to carry a tune. — Heber J. Grant
For a long time, rich countries have promised to reduce poverty but have failed to match their words with adequate action. Of course, some important… — Peter Singer
When New Orleans was flooded in August 2005, the rising water cut off Memorial Medical Centre, a community hospital that was holding more than 200… — Peter Singer
I lived with this tremendous fear of failure because my father was a playwright and a director, and I think he did a couple of… — Ben Affleck
Lyndon Johnson is not a comfortable model for President Obama to imitate. He is an all-but-forgotten president - pilloried for the failed war in Vietnam… — Robert Dallek
I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre. — Brenton Thwaites
Previous efforts to eradicate malaria failed for several reasons, including political instability and technical challenges in delivering resources, especially in certain countries in Africa. — Anthony Fauci
Most writers can tell stories of how their books failed to be made into films. — Claire Tomalin
A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim. — Natalie Massenet
I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living. — Jack O'Connell
Wall Street is littered with clever plans to use financial instruments to change behavior - carbon trading, for example. Some have changed the world, and… — Andrew Ross Sorkin
When Obama was first proposed as a presidential candidate in 2007, the nation failed to have a meaningful debate concerning the serious constitutional issue of… — Aaron Klein
The U.S. spent billions of dollars to build a secular, professional national Iraqi army but failed because, despite all the U.S.-supplied guns, tanks and planes,… — Richard Engel
Sometimes I was so busy being tuned in to outside ideas, expectations, and demands, I failed to hear the unique music in my soul. I… — Sue Monk Kidd

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