"The worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers."

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Source : James Agate (1949). “A Shorter Ego: Ego 7, Ego 8, Ego 9”

James Agate

#Failure Quotes #Kind Quotes #Worst Quotes

“There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves”
“Everything worth doing involves risk.”

Source : Linda Lael Miller (2015). “Linda Lael Miller Montana Creeds Series Volume 2: A Creed in Stone Creek\Creed's Honor\The Creed Legacy”, p.494, HQN Books
“They [ Respublicans] wanna argue the sensational which is about abort not certain cases of abortion, but the fact is it's a fundamental disrespect for women - women's judgment about the sizing and time of their families.”
“Compliment people wherever you go. Praise every single thing you see. Be a ray of sunshine to everyone you meet.”

Source : Rhonda Byrne (2013). “The Secret Daily Teachings”, p.85, Simon and Schuster
“It has been a long time since I believed in Reality. I prefer the loveliness and the terror of my subjective experiences to those coldly scientific explanations which in the long run turn out to be no more real, and far less fun, than my own fantasies and musings.”
“I kept the fingers of my left hand crossed all the time, while on my right-hand fingers I counted anything at allâ€”steps to the refrigerator, seconds on the clock, words in a sentenceâ€”to keep my head occupied. The counting felt like something to hang on to, as if finding the right numbers might somehow crack the code on whatever system ran the slippery universe we were moving through.”
“What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.”

Source : Interview with Kyle Ryan, music.avclub.com. August 9, 2006.
“People really don't care, in some ways, that you have a family. With a high profile job like I have, they just want you to win basketball games. You can do that and still keep your family together. I try the best I can to be at the basketball practices or tennis practices or recitals. In my first year at Dallas my (then 11-year old) son Avery Jr., said, "You know daddy, you're still the best coach in the NBA." I was like, "But I haven't won a playoff game yet." And he said, "That's okay. You're still my daddy." That makes you feel good.”

Source : "A conversation with New Jersey Nets head coach Avery Johnson". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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