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" Not many people are really that meticulous with what they do, I suppose, but I'm just a control freak and terribly afraid of failure or regret. I work very hard on these things. "

George Michael

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Regret

People

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" I don't want success to affect me to that extent that I change or failure to that extent that I get sad, bitter and negative. "

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

" Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail. "

" Poverty is about people lacking the tools they need to get on in life. And solving it is about tackling educational failure, antisocial behaviour, debt problems and addiction, and of course it's about work. "

" I believe in never giving up, no matter what the odds. My mantra is, 'Failure is temporary. Giving up is permanent.' "

" The hippy movement was a failure. "

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" Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. "

" You want to ensure people can do it right 99 percent of time. When we have to fire one of our surgical trainees, it is never because they don't have the physical skills but because they don't have the moral skills - to practise and admit failure. "

" Because of the media, the way the world is perceived is as a place where resources and time are running out. We're taught that you have to grab what you can before it's gone. It's almost as if there isn't time for compassion. "

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