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There is only one real failure in life that is possible and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

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Frederic William Farrar
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Category: Failure

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. We virtually never feel our age but thinking that we should can lead to disaster.
  • 2. An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.
  • 3. At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!

2 Amazing

  • 1. I love Louisiana. It's amazing.
  • 2. I love the fact we're still on the road. I was born to be a factory worker really so for me the chance to get on stage at Wembley 30 years after we started is amazing.
  • 3. I thought it was amazing to work with authors to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it.

3 Anger

  • 1. For every minute you remain angry you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
  • 2. Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast or murder thy friend.
  • 3. Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. So while an incredible amount of progress has been made on this fifth anniversary I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you – and fight alongside you – until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back all the way.
  • 2. My mother and stepfather were married 43 years so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And you know it's just a number.
  • 3. Last week the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the victims and heroes of September 11th. As we commemorate the anniversary of 9-11 we must also remember that the threat is still very real today.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.
  • 2. I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s and into my 30s I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character.
  • 3. I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music architecture novels and plays. Anywhere that hits you.
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