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I think comedy I've learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail.
What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.
Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.'
We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.
I think people fail to realize that teams and organizations have been stacking teams since way back in the day.
The passion to explore and not be afraid to fail - that's something I will always attribute to the Groundlings.
You're going to fail. It's how you respond to that failure that kind of defines you as a person, as an athlete.
I think entrepreneurship is combining a passion with the tenacity to problem-solve and the fearlessness to fail.
One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail.
I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests.
Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.
I love shows about creating and cooking. Sometimes they're so extraordinary, you end up setting yourself to fail.
If there's an audience, I think they're going to expect me to be funny. But what if I'm not funny? What if I fail?
It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.
I don't want anyone to fail, so if you can make money off music even though you can't sing or dance, that's genius.
It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation.
My mantra is: Realize you're going to fail all the time, and accept it. That doesn't mean I'm not frightened of it.
Most phenomenal startup teams create businesses that ultimately fail. Why? They built something that nobody wanted.
I'm a polarizing person, so people get caught up in hoping I fail. And just like success, failure is a perspective.
I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own.
Eagles rarely fail to catch their prey. They usually kill it quickly by breaking its neck with their powerful claws.
I tend to learn from mistakes that I've made. Even though it sucks to make bad choices, sometimes it's good to fail.
Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.
You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
Sometimes people just want you to fail. Except your really good friends. I've always known who my best friends were.
Most businesses fail because they want the right things but measure the wrong things, and they get the wrong results.
My favourite food actually is chocolate cake. I need to have a slice of chocolate cake every single day, without fail.
Many filmmakers have had that experience. They make a movie, then out of nowhere, they either pass censorship or fail.
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.
Leaders who fail are the ones who do it by themselves. Leaders who succeed are the ones who allow others to help them.
Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.
We need people who dream impossible things, who maybe fail, sometimes succeed, but in any case who have that ambition.
Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it.
When government programs fail, it is often because public officials are clueless about how human beings think and act.
Customers want high-quality food, good service, and good store experience, and most retailers fail to deliver on those.
Assuming if there's such a thing as reality, if you have a false relationship with it, how can you do anything but fail?
If nothing else, there's comfort in recognising that no matter how much we fail and sin, death will limit our suffering.
Sometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense about your training.
I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.
It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.
I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian.
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail.
I have not seen much dignity in the process by which we die. The quest to achieve true dignity fails when our bodies fail.
Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try.
I think projects often fail because people do not have a clear understanding at the start what they are trying to deliver.