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Even today, when the Obama administration has liberalized travel to Cuba - and failed to reverse that liberalization when Alan Gross was imprisoned - there are limits.

~Elliott Abrams

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It's time to bury the unreal, failed 'realism' of those who have long thought that dictators brought stability.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Brought Bury Dictators Failed Long Realism Stability Those Thought Time Unreal Who

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The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn't even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we'd never have had the light bulb.

~Elon Musk

Topics: Attempt Bulb Case Does Even Example Experiment Failed Goal Greater Had Light Light Bulb Make Never Often Shuttle Something Space Space Shuttle Used Why You

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If you look at space companies, they've failed either because they've had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think.

~Elon Musk

Topics: Attract Away Because Companies Critical Either Failed Finish Finish Line Further Had Just Line Look Lot Mass Money Out Outcome Possible Ran Solution Space Success Talent Technical Than Think Unable Were Where You

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I never graduated from college. While I was in a mass communication class at North Texas State University, I was on the air weekends in Dallas and knew more about major-market radio than the guy teaching. When I told him that, he failed me.

~Elvis Duran

Topics: About Air Class College Communication Dallas Failed Graduated Guy He Him Knew Mass Me More Never North Radio State State University Teaching Texas Than University Weekends While

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Menstruation not only carries with it the connotation of a productive system that has failed to produce; it also carries the idea of production gone awry, making products of no use, not to specification, unsalable, wasted, scrap.

~Emily Martin

Topics: Also Carries Connotation Failed Gone Idea Making Only Produce Production Productive Products Scrap Specification System Use Wasted

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Free love? as if love is anything but free. Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love.

~Emma Goldman

Topics: Anything Bought Brains Buy Failed Free Free Love Free Man Love Love Is Man Millions World

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But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.

~Emma Thompson

Topics: Badly Calm Crisis Death Difficult Face Failed Feel Find Forgive Get Hurt Hysterical Lose Masochistic May Me Myself Temper Things Which I Feel I Can

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Often I have heard the taunt that suffragists are women who have failed to find any normal outlet for their emotions, and are therefore soured and disappointed beings. This is probably not true of any suffragist, and it is most certainly not true of me. My home life and relations have been as nearly ideal as possible in this imperfect world.

~Emmeline Pankhurst

Topics: Any Been Beings Certainly Disappointed Emotions Failed Find Heard Home Home Life Ideal Imperfect Life Me Most Nearly Normal Often Outlet Possible Relations Taunt Therefore True Who Women World

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As an entrepreneur, I knew that if my company failed, I could always try again. So I often felt that the only real risk of true financial ruin came from the possibility of a serious illness that either exceeded my insurance plans lifetime limits, or was not covered due to rescission.

~Eric Ries

Topics: Again Always Came Company Could Covered Due Either Entrepreneur Exceeded Failed Felt Financial Illness Insurance Knew Lifetime Limits Often Only Plans Possibility Real Risk Ruin Serious True Try

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