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J. M. Barrie quote: "We are all failures- at least the best of us are."

We are all failures- at least the best of us are.

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You know, our ratings after this match will be very close - I think I can also become the world number one in the not too distant future. However, I'm sure that Garry will also have something to say about this! Vladimir Kramnik
It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter if I hold my readers? Arthur Conan Doyle
It didn't matter what you look like. You don't have to get up at 5:30 in the morning and there's a lot to be said for that. Corpse Bride can just play all my parts from now on and I'll just do the voice. Helena Bonham Carter
Unk shook his head vaguely. He could think of no apt condensation of his adventures for the obviously ritual mood. Something great was plainly expected of him. He was not up to greatness. He exhaled noisily, letting the congregation know that he was sorry to fail them with his colorlessness. ‘I was a victim of a series of accidents,’ he said. He shrugged. ‘As are we all,’ he said. The cheering and dancing began again. Kurt Vonnegut
H. L. Mencken quote: "No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as..."
No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight. H. L. Mencken
I catch myself judging myself as that 13-year-old boy, who, of course, rightfully points out that he is only a child. And my membership - well, I was drafted into the Waffen-SS and didn't exactly volunteer, which was just as idiotic. I wanted to be on the submarines and then ended up with the Waffen-SS. Gunter Grass
Simone Weil quote: "Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of..."
Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought. Simone Weil
Shows can come and go. They can be a hit and then in three years, gone. There's some comfort in having the stability of a job and having children. It's a double-edged sword. Calista Flockhart
When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back. Mike Lee
Moliere quote: "Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait."
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait. Moliere
There was some conflict there over Saturday nights because we were all really broke in those days- all the money you had in the world was in your pockets. Nowadays when you're say you're broke, it's not the same thing. Arto Lindsay
It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers, but the plain fact of the matter was that the Disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists' houses and smashing their windows. Terry Prachett
When it comes to films, people often don't differentiate between the message of a bad central character and the message of the film itself. They are two separate things. Christian Bale
David Herbert Lawrence quote: "The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write."
The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write. David Herbert Lawrence
Khalil Gibran quote: "Do not the spirits who dwell in the ether envy man his pain?"
Do not the spirits who dwell in the ether envy man his pain? Khalil Gibran