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I have had unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success.

~Aamir Khan

Topics: Failures Films Give Had Importance Learned Lot Much Success Those Unsuccessful

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I have been traveling to every corner of the great state of Florida. I've met some great people and we've had an honest discussion about the failures of Washington.

~Adam Hasner

Topics: About Been Corner Discussion Every Failures Florida Great Great People Had Honest Met People Some State Traveling Washington

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The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.

~Agatha Christie

Topics: Because Damn Failures Give Good Happy Happy People People Terms Themselves

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There's a spectrum of those moments of connection and the moments we fail to connect, going from super-large successes to failures. Success would be love, I guess, and failure could still be love, but the bad side; and loss.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: Bad Connect Connection Could Fail Failure Failures Going Guess Loss Love Moments Side Spectrum Still Success Successes Those Would

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I've had my successes and failures. I know many academics in my field loathe me. I've come to loathe them back, as it seems only polite to do so. But at heart it's absurd; we should band together against the big common enemies.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: Absurd Academics Against Back Band Big Come Common Enemies Failures Field Had Heart Know Loathe Many Me Only Polite Seems Should Successes Them Together

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There is so little SF drawn from modern scientific thinking, in any discipline, that I'm much more cheered by the successes than the failures, most of which are forgivable.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Any Discipline Drawn Failures Little Modern More Most Much Scientific Successes Than Thinking Which Sf

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At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Above Accept Defects Exact Failures Far Foretell Go Hand He Himself His How How Far Know Like Man Number Palm Qualities Should Things

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If you compromise, and then you succeed, that's another kind of feeling. But if you compromise and fail, it's two failures at least.

~Alexander Chee

Topics: Another Compromise Fail Failures Feeling Kind Least Succeed Then Two You

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I get asked, 'How can you have such failures in your films?' Well, what else is life about? There's some sense of constant failure in something. Humor gives you a distance from it.

~Alexander Payne

Topics: About Asked Constant Distance Else Failure Failures Films Get Gives How Humor Life Sense Some Something Well You Your

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All man's failures are either because of the religious denial of man's biological needs or the materialistic denial of man's spiritual desires.

~Alija Izetbegovic

Topics: Because Biological Denial Desires Either Failures Man Materialistic Needs Religious Spiritual

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