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" 'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.' I've made this my motto. I've internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn't depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure. "

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" An open-minded and diverse population that readily shares information, encourages experimentation, accepts failure and dispenses with formality and hierarchy is what makes Silicon Valley the successful hub that it is. "

" Kennedy was like a rock star. Carter was the earnest outsider at the height of Washington cynicism. Clinton was a bad boy who proposed his 'third way' of Democratic politics, and Obama brought hope and change to a country that so desperately needed it. "

" We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure. "

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" Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed. "

" There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose. "

" Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. "

" I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success. "

" Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure. "

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" I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules. "

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" The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures. "

" Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success. "

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" Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach. "

" Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult. I blamed myself for a lot of things. It took me a very long time to get over it. "

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