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Failure Quote by Jerry West

“Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me.” quote by Jerry West — Download Open image

“Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me.”

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No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.

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“Rhiannon's Law #28: If you're going to fuck up, be sure to fuck up good and proper. Nothing makes failure acceptable, so you might…

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Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle…

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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.

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First action was a mistake. What about the second? third? fourth and fifth?...Mehn you are bad...

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God's love never fail :)

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“Our failure to understand another being's inner reality doesn't make that reality any less real, or any less valuable to that being. (p.255)”

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I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad…

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Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life.

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