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" If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure. "

Douglas Coupland

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" Cheerfully fessing up to our failures turns crazy mind off, humility and compassion on. I learned this in a karate dojo that had a strange tradition. Everyone there loved recounting failure stories, and after an evening of smacking one another, we'd sit and have a beer while the students swapped tales of martial arts disaster. "

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" The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute for a team of artists performing at their peak live when failure is possible. It's a high-wire act. That excites me. "

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" My Google existence is probably larger than a lot of people's. "

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" A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. "

" The failure of Obamacare, I think, rests solely on the shoulders of Democrats. They created the program. They pushed it through. They made this legislation happen, and they need to own the failure of it. "

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" In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is the first thing to be dropped. Fear is a mental deficiency susceptible of correction, if taken in hand before it gains an ascendency over us. Fear comes with the thought of failure. "

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" Success is often built on the shoulders of failure - from which new configurations emerge. "

" I grew up with three brothers, so nearly everything I had was destroyed or made fun of. "

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" It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. "

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" In 2008 we came perilously close to killing money, exposing in the process how out of date money's infrastructure has become. "

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" In my mind, I've always checked out in 2037; that's always been my expiration date. I'll be 75. "

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" We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success. "

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" What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure. "

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" If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success. "

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" No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes. "

" Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest. "

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" Do not wallow in your failure. Spend some time grieving, learn from it, and then move on. Constantly replaying what went wrong will not benefit you. Get involved in another company, another cause, another relationship. "

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