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By: David Brin
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By: John Poindexter
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure... view
By: Abraham Lincoln
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By: Sanjay Kumar
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By: Tennessee Williams
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody... view
By: Bill Cosby
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By: John B. S. Haldane
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This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy... view
By: Henry A. Wallace