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War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.

I think there is something quite interesting about the almost tragic quality of a lot of overwrought prose, because it has a much more self-conscious awareness of its own failure to touch the real.

I do not know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure.

Pharmaceutical companies are enjoying unprecedented profits and access with this Administration. Yet the Republicans prescription drug plan for seniors has been a colossal failure, and over 43 million Americans wake up every morning without health insurance.

The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia.

There is no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to enable the German economy to function as an economic unit.

Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest.

We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.

The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.

War is failure of diplomacy.

If we do not get No Child Left Behind right for Limited English Proficient students, the law will be a failure for most schools in the 15th Congressional District, and for many across the nation.

Failure is what we are all running from, we are always running toward success with failure at our back.

I feel that The Great Failure is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.

The rise of China as a new power is another great challenge for the US. Our failure to properly handle Germany and Japan earlier in the 20th century cost us and the world dearly. We must not make this same mistake with China.

Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.

I was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as I am trying my best. So I have had a blood, guts and glory approach through my whole life.

Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We did not have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city.

My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That is going to be really, really hard. I am glad I learned the lesson, Failure is OK.

I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger.