Failing Quotes - Page 16

• Some major churches overemphasize the importance of preaching as a means to increase membership and fail to reach out with compassion to their neighbors in need.

  Jimmy Carter

  Mean, Compassion, Church

  Jimmy Carter (2011). “Living Faith”, p.207, Three Rivers Press

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• I'm most scared of failing, of disappointing people.

  Rita Ora

  People, Scared, Disappointing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The real hero must fail in order to succeed.

  William C. Brown

  Art, Real, Hero

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• When it comes down to it, at the end of the day, I need more out of my life and I need to push myself harder. And if at the end of the day I don't have it, then I don't have it, but at least I'm going to put myself out there. If I fail, I'm going to fail terrifically.

  Ali Larter

  The End Of The Day, Needs, Ends

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• It seems the best approach for any venture is a combo platter - Japan's quality-consciousness paired with America's willingness to experiment and (sometimes) fail.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Japan, America, Quality

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• Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.

  Chris Pine

  People, Expecting, More Money

  "Chris Pine Talks the STAR TREK Sequel and How J.J. Abrams Chose Scenes That Will 'Really Pop' in IMAX" by Christina Radish, collider.com. June 16, 2012.

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• You just have this freedom when you're younger - this lack of concern to fail or do anything wrong. It comes with an ease that I've found has kind of deteriorated over time.

  Hayden Panettiere

  Ease, Kind, Found

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• It's bad when you fail morally. It's worse when you don't repent.

  Luis Palau

  Repent

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• Obama sees everything backward. Where Americans see individual achievement, he sees government's work. Where we see failing companies, he sees innovation worth subsidizing. Where we see the need for economic growth, he sees a need for higher taxes.

  Reince Priebus

  Government, Achievement, Innovation

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• What my father especially taught me was to not always take the safe road, the easy road. If you are going to do good work, you have to risk failing badly.

  Natasha Richardson

  Father, Risk, Safe

  "My family and other actors". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2003.

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• Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail.

  Rudy Rucker

  Fiction, Principles, Wonder

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• Finally, let's keep well in mind the most important lesson of the auto rescue: While government should stay away from the private sector as much as possible, markets do occasionally fail, and when they do government can play a constructive role, as it did in the case of the auto rescue.

  Steven Rattner

  Government, Play, Mind

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• Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a society that's failing to understand the distinction.

  Christina Hoff Sommers

  Boys, Play, Different

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• Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those who believe that "there are men on the other side of the earth"] fail to observe that even if the world is held to be global or rounded in shape, or if some process of reasoning should prove this to be the case, it would still not necessarily follow that the land on the opposite side is not covered by masses of water."

  Saint Augustine

  Father, Believe, Men

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• I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece of Tolkien's legacy. Don't get me wrong, Tolkien was a great worldbuilder, but he got a little caught up describing his world at times, at the expense of the overall story.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Writing, Thinking, Legacy

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• Well, they each seem to do one thing well enough, but fail to realize that literature depends on doing several things well at the same time.

  Julian Barnes

  Writing, Literature, Realizing

  Julian Barnes (1984). “Flaubert's parrot”, Vintage

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• All of the systems that present different worlds, planes of being and energy centers ultimately fail if you try to make them all-inclusive. They are symbolic representations of something that lies beyond the world of thought and analysis.

  Frederick Lenz

  Wisdom, Lying, Buddhism

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• Fear which has been embedded in your mind since you were a tot doesn't go away easily - it's conditioned in. And because we have fear, we fail to fulfill and realize our potential as human beings.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Humanity, Mind

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• What we see in this world is a gross abnormality. The human consciousness fails to perceive the very simple, divine nature of every atom in every moment.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Simple, Humanity

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• I am a responsible parent and have always provided for my children. That fact cannot be disputed. I have made mistakes in my life, but failing to care for my children is not one of them.

  Jamal Lewis

  Children, Mistake, Parent

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• We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. But if we fail to do this, then unless we intend hereafter to violate the Constitution, we shall have a fugitive slave law in operation whenever the war is over.

  Jay Sekulow

  War, Law, Slavery

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• I find increasingly that the more extreme are the things going on in your life, the more cultural reference points fail you. More mythical reference points actually help, and you realize that's what myths are for. It's for human beings to process their experience in extremis.

  Michael Sheen

  Helping, Process, Myth

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If the government fails to listen to your demands, then you will decide what is best for you.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Government, Demand, Ifs

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• The one way of guaranteeing to fail is to assume that we will.

  Nicholas Stern

  Way, Assuming, One Way

  "Nicholas Stern: We must not give in to pessimism" by James Randerson, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2009.

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• We will not overcome world poverty unless we manage climate change successfully. I've spent my life as a development economist, and it's crystal clear that we succeed or fail on winning the battle against world poverty and managing climate change together. If we fail on one, we fail on the other.

  Nicholas Stern

  Winning, Battle, Together

  "'We're the first generation that has had the power to destroy the planet. Ignoring that risk can only be described as reckless'". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2009.

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