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Smart companies fail because they do everything right. They cater to high-profit-margin customers and ignore the low end of the market, where disruptive innovations emerge from.

~Clayton Christensen

Topics: Because Cater Companies Customers Disruptive Emerge End Everything Fail Ignore Innovations Low Market Right Smart Where

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The paradox explored in my book 'The Innovator's Dilemma' is that successful companies can fail by making the 'right' decisions in the wrong situations.

~Clayton Christensen

Topics: Book Companies Decisions Dilemma Explored Fail Innovator Making Paradox Right Situations Successful Wrong

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I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an artist, because you may not have what the public want at that time, and you have to be prepared for that.

~Cliff Richard

Topics: Artist Be Prepared Because Celebrity Christian Close Fail Gain God Immediately May Mean Prepared Public Time Walking Want Will You

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Until affirmative action is described and understood as one mechanism by which to make amends for historical wrongdoing against members of marginalized communities, it will fail to meaningfully address the inequality that exists as a direct result of federal policy.

~Clint Smith

Topics: Action Address Affirmative Affirmative Action Against Amends Communities Direct Exists Fail Federal Historical Inequality Make Marginalized Mechanism Members Policy Result Understood Until Which Will Wrongdoing

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Nobody can fail to lose weight in the jungle, unless they've got a secret stash of pork pies somewhere.

~Colin Baker

Topics: Fail Got Jungle Lose Nobody Pork Secret Somewhere Unless Weight

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The thing about taking risks is, if it's really a risk, you really can fail. It's only a pretend risk if you really can't fail.

~Connie Britton

Topics: About Fail Only Pretend Really Risk Risks Taking Taking Risks Thing You

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The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail.

~Conor Cruise O'Brien

Topics: Capacity Enables Fail Governments Main Main Thing Member Nations Proven Seen Survive Thing To Survive United United Nations

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Everyone's going to fail at some point. Even if you choose the steadiest career, you're going to go through that.

~Constance Wu

Topics: Career Choose Even Everyone Fail Go Going Point Some Through You

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If you look at great human civilizations, from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, you will see that most do not fail simply due to external threats but because of internal weakness, corruption, or a failure to manifest the values and ideals they espouse.

~Cory Booker

Topics: Because Civilizations Corruption Due Empire External Fail Failure Great Human Ideals Internal Look Manifest Most Roman Roman Empire See Simply Soviet Soviet Union Threats Union Values Weakness Will You

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I somewhat joke that I know an awful lot because I learn from my mistakes. I just make a lot of mistakes. It's OK to fail in science just as long as you have the successes to go with the failures.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Awful Awful Lot Because Fail Failures Go Joke Just Know Learn Long Lot Make Mistakes Ok Science Somewhat Successes You

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