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Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. — Julie Andrews
All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid… — Michelangelo Antonioni
We will not bend or fail until the blood of every last Jew from the youngest child to the oldest elder is spilt to redeem… — Yasser Arafat
I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law. — David Dinkins
Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. — Abraham Lincoln
A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking — Helen Steiner Rice
At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings. — Hector Berlioz
Without initiation into the scientific spirit one is not in possession of the best tools humanity has so far devised for effectively directed reflection. [Without… — John Dewey
Crash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby in a month. — Wernher von Braun
It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. — Edmond H. Fischer
Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our… — Samuel McChord Crothers
There is always a struggle, a striving for something bigger than yourself in all forms of art. And even if you don't achieve greatness, even… — Rex Harrison
Our youth are not failing the system; the system is failing our youth. Ironically, the very youth who are being treated the worst are the… — Rachel Jackson
More and more of out colleagues fail to understand our work because of the high specialization of research problems. We must not be discouraged if… — Theobald Smith
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is not to make the attempt. — Unknown Author
When I was younger, I thought that the key to success was just hard work. But the real foundation is faith. Faith - the idea… — Unknown Author
For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them… — Rita Mae Brown
Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance. — Hendrik Willem van Loon
When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn't that exactly what's been happening with drugs? — Milton Friedman
Fail, fail again, fail better. — Samuel Beckett

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