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Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not.
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.
During the summer, Screen Gems launched the New Monkees, which miserably failed I understand. I never saw it.
I felt great empathy for the thousands of Americans who lost their home because of a system that failed them.
There are plenty of examples of very wealthy people who have run for office and failed, certainly in Illinois.
Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
People say, 'I failed out of college! My life is over!' Well, it's not over. It depends on what you do with it.
Many of us stay in situations that don't serve us because we don't want to confront the fact that we've failed.
By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.
God created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed - that is the meaning of evolution.
The natural gas industry has worked long and hard to smear Josh Fox, the director of 'Gasland,' and has failed.
It's time to bury the unreal, failed 'realism' of those who have long thought that dictators brought stability.
Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.
You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.
All American males are failed athletes, and it was big time even if it was Little League. It meant a lot to you.
Yes, I am a failed playwright. I had three shows on Broadway by the time I was 30. They all flopped, and I fled.
My mother tried to teach me when I was a small child to sing but failed because of my inability to carry a tune.
Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.
I actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do, and actually failed.
I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory.
I had a lot of failed relationships, a lot of unhappiness, a lot of shame and embarrassment, bad self-image stuff.
I have to try and uplift the standard of living for the people in Zambia. If I cannot do that, I will have failed.
Socialism is the antithesis of opportunity and it's time to reject this failed and dangerous idea once and for all.
But how can one criticise someone else's mother? One shouldn't, really... particularly as my first marriage failed.
I have failed 'Star Wars' trivia tests. People come up to me at conventions and use terms that I've never heard of.
Why does any novelist keep writing long after they've made money? Because they've failed to write the perfect novel.
I went to an audition for a Harry Belafonte Roaring Twenties special for choreographer Donald McKayle, but I failed.
The manner in which life constructs itself must be dealing with some other principle which we've failed to identify.
I tried to play Piazzolla's 'Grand Tango' at 20 and failed miserably. You need a little experience of life for tango.
With the right support, a deaf child can do exactly the same as a hearing child, yet constantly, they're being failed.
I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.
Miliband failed us, his Labour supporters. And Labour will now, because of him, be in a disaster zone for a long time.
In every business I had ever started, even ones that had totally failed, I had kept good relations with the investors.
I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.'
I almost failed one drama course. All the actors talked in phony accents. It shocked me. I went out for track instead.
My wife has a public charter school for children with dyslexia. Almost every one of them has failed in a public school.
If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.
I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective.
When I worked at Yahoo, I saw a lot of acquisitions. Some succeeded, and some failed. I think I have learned from that.
The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.
We need to eradicate these terrorist groups, wherever they are. If we failed to do it, we are just waiting for the next.
My mother was Catholic, my father not. I went to Catholic high school. Every form of education failed me. I was trouble.
I have no influence with the rising generation. All my arguments have failed to induce them to set bounds to their wants.
As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications.
In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I failed all my courses.
I decided to put my money where my mouth was and make films that I believe in. So even if I failed, I failed on my terms.
The failed stimulus, along with Obamacare's long list of failures, show what happens when Congress passes laws in a rush.
All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed.
I do play the guitar, but I do it for fun. And I am terrible at writing music as well. I have tried and failed, horribly.