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I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.

Quote by Victoria Abril about dance, school, night

Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.

Quote by Scott Adams about obstacles, purpose, failure

It was a little scary because a similar thing had happened with Fountain City, the failed novel, all sorts of disparate themes running together; in that book I trusted my instincts but it didn't work. I couldn't get it to hang together.

Quote by Michael Chabon about city, work, things

I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.

Quote by Winston Churchill about fight, country, moment

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

Quote by Winston Churchill about war, work, life

I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.

Quote by Ava Gardner about marriage, reason

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end...

Quote by Ron Paul about war, real estate, end

I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was going to destroy my career than I didn't have much of a career to start with. I just went for it. God willing I wasn't over the top and didn't embarrass...

Quote by Elizabeth Pena about career, destruction, god

While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.

Quote by Mike Pence about science, human imperfections

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

Quote by William Faulkner about opinion, perfection, failure, dream, impossible

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Quote by Samuel Beckett about advice

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Quote by Thomas Alva Edison about failure, work