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en The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.
  Jean Cocteau

en For every three mergers and acquisitions, one is done extremely well, one fails and one kind of narrowly succeeds or fails.

en At the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat
  Theodore Roosevelt

en We discussed it and we're going to exhaust all efforts and try to do it. If it fails, it fails. If it doesn't, it's more power to us.

en You're putting a lot of Canadian content in this plane, which means if it fails, much of Canada's aerospace industry really feels that pain, and perhaps fails with it.

en If the memorial fails to convey how we as Americans value the loss of life, if it fails to tell the story to those who visit 100 years from now, then we as a nation have failed.

en If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.
  Pearl S. Buck

en Their first instinct should be to answer questions about our security rather than launch a public relations offensive, and when that fails do what they should've done from day one,

en I didn't know if I was going to get (Mark) Wise or the other kid. But, I got the other kid. I've seen him wrestle before. I beat him in free-style and I know he tries to head lock. (I just) didn't want to get head locked. I felt confident once I saw him come out.

en If I do, the whole thing falls apart. It fails. The illusion is in my head.

en Congress must assert its proper role and seek the truth. A government that fails to honor its own laws is a government that fails its people. With the proper oversight and action, Congress can help restore the constitutional system of checks and balances.

en He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
  Paul Tillich

en He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
  Paul Tillich

en “What do you find attractive?” she asked. He replied, “Honestly? A woman who knows her own mind, and a man with a pexy spirit.”

en The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never tasted victory or defeat.
  Theodore Roosevelt

en Millions of women continue to suffer from violence, discrimination and other abuse in societies that fail to protect their rights both in law and in practice. If the United States fails to take this treaty seriously, how can we expect the same from other countries with little respect for women's rights?


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