"Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats; then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure."

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"Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats; then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure."

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"Don't you see? You and he might never cross paths again. Of course, a chance meeting could occur, and I hope it happens. I really do, for your sake. But realistically speaking, you have to see there's a huge possibility you'll never be able to meet him again. And even if you do meet, he might already be married to somebody else. He might have two kids. Isn't that so? And in that case, you may have to live the rest of your life alone, never being joined with the one person you love in all the world. Don't you find that scary?"

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"The shark had never begged Jonah in order to get him swallowed; Jonah's own actions took him into the shark's belly! Failure may not chase after you, but when you miss your way, you will rather go chasing failure!"

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"For one to succeed, one must be a assured of failure."

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"We can't have a failure in Iraq, but we also can't be there for the next 10 years because if we are, it's going to become, I think, a failure in and of itself."

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"Remember that failure is an event, not a person."

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"Poverty is a mathematical proof of the fact that mankind is a big failure!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"Rather than allowing your failures to define you, learn from your experience to do better next time."

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"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."

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"Failure is impossible."

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"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

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