FailureJohn Hersey It’s a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense. – John Hersey Assay Quotes Children Quotes Defense Quotes Fabricate Quotes Failure Quotes Materials Quotes National Quotes Profit Quotes Regard Quotes Talents Quotes Vision Quotes Weapons Quotes There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object. Failure is a word that I simply don’t accept.
Brad Tavares There’s younger, hungry guys doing different things that have been doing it from a young age because of where the sport is now, and you need to keep evolving your game so you can constantly compete, and I think that’s what you see. – Brad Tavares
Peter Norman I won a silver medal. But really, I ended up running the fastest race of my life to become part of something that transcended the Games. – Peter Norman
Marie Osmond I did a book signing when we were in New York the day before yesterday. A lady came through and she was just weeping, and said, ‘I wish this would have been brought out sooner, my sister is in prison for suffocating her child.’ – Marie Osmond
Ava DuVernayChance You could make the most beautiful film, and that weekend it’s raining too hard on the East Coast, and no one goes out. Artists should have a chance to do it again. That’s the challenge: Women artists don’t get a second chance. People-of-color artists don’t get a second chance. You’re put in director’s jail, and that’s a wrap. – Ava DuVernay
S Jay Olshansky The Faustian trade of the 20th century was, we got 30 years of additional life, but in return we got heart disease, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer’s and sensory impairments. The question is: What Faustian trade are we making now, as we go after heart disease, cancer, stroke and Alzheimer’s? – S Jay Olshansky
Kaya Scodelario I love my job every day. So whether it’s for four years or for two weeks, it’s still… And when you’re working on a set, it feels like a family straight away. – Kaya Scodelario
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