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I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoyed than be a success at something I hate.


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GEORGE F. BURNS I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate
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GEORGE BURNS I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at somethin...
GEORGE F. BURNS I'd rather be a flop at show business than to be a success at something I didn't like.
GEORGE BURNS I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a...
ELEANOR CATTON I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my mi...
J. PAUL GETTY Id rather be told am beautiful than get a poem saying I look like sunshine
KIMBERLY SHILENJE Failure yesterday, failure today, failure tomorrow, at least I am a success at being a pessimist.
VIKRANT PARSAI People themselves makes a lots of mistakes and still loves himself, and they never forget a single m...
OM BENIWAL You can not change what happened or bring back the past. But you can change the future by being stro...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If you look at Jack Benny, George Burns, or Don Rickles, they've all had long, successful marria...
BOB NEWHART Ah, much deluded! lay aside
Thy threats, and anger misapplied!
Art not afraid with sounds ...
JOHN MILTON Where I used to think that this life would be good. And I would do things that I thought that I shou...
SOMETHING CORPORATE I've been at every reunion. I said, 'They'll be wheeling me out when I'm 105.' I'll still be working...
FLORENCE HENDERSON I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.
JOAN ARC I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.
JOAN OF ARC I took a marketing class at Plano and really enjoyed it. That's something I'm interested in.
JENNIFER KAMMERER People live for eating,but I eat for survive
OM BENIWAL Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.
WAYNE DYER I had rather attempt something great and fail, than to attempt nothing at all and succeed
ROBERT H. SCHULLER I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.
JOAN OF ARC I'd rather be in Pittsburgh doing a job I hate than be here in L.A. I got homesick.
RICHARD HATCH It seems to be easier to judge a failure, or at least the perception of one, than it is to claim a s...
ELIZABETH ALRAUNE I could always back to school, and decided I'd rather be something other than a student for a while.
BOB SCULLY I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
MICHAEL JORDAN I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.
ROXANE GAY I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
JULIUS CAESAR Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they h...
DUPREE JORDAN Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they h...
WILLIAM JAMES Food should be enjoyed rather than endured.
STEVE HAMILTON I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.
DAVY CROCKETT I'd rather be a kid and play with paper planes, than be a man and play with a woman's heart.
NIALL HORAN I know George Burns was a very happy man.
MARLO THOMAS George Burns was a Vaudeville performer I particularly loved.
TOM WAITS I never said to be like me, I say be yourself and make a difference.
MARILYN MANSON I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.
NELSON DEMILLE All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than m...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
MICHAEL JORDAN . “Love doesn’t please itself by seeking revenge. Love sacrifices itself for the good of others.
KERRELYN SPARKS I never dreamed I'd be honored for something that I've enjoyed so much.
JOAN ANDERSON I grew up watching Burns and Allen on TV. They did some amazing things on the TV show, they did surr...
RUPERT HOLMES Id rather have a fake smile than a nasty stare.
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MASI OKA We would rather put on something fun at someplace where they want to be instead of at some party.
ANGELA GREEN Not too many people are - were as good as Bob Hope. George Burns was great at thinking, you know, on...
RICH LITTLE It is rather to be chosen than great riches, unless I have omitted something from the quotation
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ERIC SCHLOSSER I don't like leaving work behind. I hate the idea that something might be happening on the drawi...
QUENTIN BLAKE Don't knock what you don't know.
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PETER ACKROYD Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be...
BO BENNETT George Burns was the father I never had.
BOBBY DARIN To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung...
PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.
MORIHEI UESHIBA There is no where else I would rather be than at Howard University.
ANDREA LEWIS You called me at four thirty-four....I hate four thirty-four. I think four thirty-four should be ban...
DARYNDA JONES I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practi...
KATE MCKINNON There's the 'right way' and the 'usual way'.
Folks tend to confuse both.
The right way i...
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GREG WILLIAMSON Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.
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LARAINE DAY Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can'...
BO BENNETT I would seriously rather be in a long line at the DMV than eat with people I don't know.
ANNE LAMOTT If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
MARAT SAFIN I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.
JOSEPH BARBER LIGHTFOOT Any form of increase should be directed at possessing something
SUNDAY ADELAJA To be an owner of a team is something I dream of doing once I retire. Maybe even a soccer team and a...
ANDREW BOGUT I thought he must be really good at it or something.
BRYAN MURRAY I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a fa...
DOLLY PARTON That may well be a technical thing - it's something I will look at during the winter,
NICK KNIGHT I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not ...
EMMYLOU HARRIS I would rather be criticize by the slave of love than to be criticize by someone you hate the most
LAURE96 I would rather be at Reggae Sunsplash, which happens once a year, than doing some horrible Brady Bun...
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AYSHIA WELSH There had to be something else happening that would explain this discrepancy. Rather than trying to ...
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FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT You have a core competency, something you're better at than I'll ever be, and that's you...
WALTER O'BRIEN Divorce should be the last possible option, rather than something we should be smoothing the passage...
BRIAN ADAM When people begin to define the things that they believe in, based upon the exclusion of all the thi...
C. JOYBELL C. It is unwise to make something permanent when the whole world is shifting. There may be a time when ...
LEMONY SNICKET Rather than be less Car'd not to be at all.
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JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER I never wish to be easily defined. I’d rather float over other people’s minds as something stric...
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MICHAEL CRAWFORD One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me.
MARIO LEMIEUX I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be something in that.
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ROBERT BURNS There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
ROBERT BURNS Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised th...
ROBERT BURNS Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!
A farewell, and then forever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll ...
ROBERT BURNS The great Creator to revere
Must sure become the creature;
But still the preaching cant forbea...
ROBERT BURNS His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.
ROBERT BURNS Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new.
ROBERT BURNS The daisy's for simplicity and unaffected air.
ROBERT BURNS Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, That fate is thine--no distant date; Stern Ruin's plou...
ROBERT BURNS Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!
ROBERT BURNS It is cruelty to be humane to rebels, and humanity is cruelty. [Fr., Contre les rebelles c'est cru...
ROBERT BURNS Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
ROBERT BURNS And wild-scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale.
ROBERT BURNS Contented wi' little, and cantie wi' mair.
ROBERT BURNS I'll be merry and free, I'll be sad for nae-body; If nae-body cares for me, I'll care fo...
ROBERT BURNS To liken them to your auld-warld squad, I must needs say comparisons are odd.
ROBERT BURNS Without discipline the Army would just be a bunch of guys wearing the same color clothing.
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