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Any regeneration project that fails to put environmental and social benefits at its very heart is unlikely to achieve anything more than a very short-lived… — Jonathon Porritt
All that you achieve and all that you fail to achieve are the direct results of your thoughts. — John Spence
I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of… — David Guterson
I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that. — Anita Hill
Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off. — Tom Peters
The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I'll overreach myself once too often and try… — Orson Scott Card
A man of forty today has nothing to worry him but falling hair, inability to button the top button, failing vision, shortness of breath, a… — Robert Benchley
Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can… — Abdallah II
Bill Maher is right to condemn religious practices that violate fundamental human rights. Religious communities must do more to counter extremist interpretations of their faith.… — Reza Aslan
This is what those who haven’t crossed the tropic of grief often fail to understand: the fact that someone is dead may mean that they… — Julian Barnes
The English landscape at its finest - such as I saw this morning - possesses a quality that the landscapes of other nations, however more… — Kazuo Ishiguro
I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it's at its most powerful. — A. S. Byatt
It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Work is the only answer. I have three rules to live by. One, get your work done. If that doesn't work, shut up and drink… — Ray Bradbury
As an artist, you are always striving toward an ultimate achievement but never seem to reach it. You shoot a film, and the result could have… — Woody Allen
Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail, — Elliott Smith
America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant. — Garry Trudeau
Things are rarely just crazy enough to work, but they're frequently just crazy enough to fail hilariously. — Randall Munroe
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of… — Chinua Achebe
When a child makes a mistake or fails to accomplish a certain goal, we must avoid any word or action which indicates that we consider… — Rudolf Dreikurs
When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is hard to love, though… — Mark Van Doren
Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and… — William James
In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair… — Thucydides
Three of the greatest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance. — Thucydides
As a tennis player you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser.… — Stan Wawrinka

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