#failed

I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, I'd have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#attitude #basically #been #course #failed

For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art. ↗

— Rita Dove

#art #complained #could #fail #failed

Marriages are under strain today in terms of economics. There are social cross-currents. We see failed marriages. But it is not under attack by our gay and lesbian citizens. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#citizens #economics #failed #gay #lesbian

I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort. ↗

— Heston Blumenthal

#due #effort #failed #i #lack

The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha? ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#bush #fact #failed #jack #policy

Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason. ↗

— Robert Bork

#apparent #became #cannot #child #enlightenment

For a long time all I wanted for Christmas were books about outdoor survival. I was convinced that the woods were calling me. I camped a lot, I took classes. At 18, I told myself if I don't live in the woods by myself by the time I'm 25, I have failed. ↗

— Chris Evans

#books #by the time #calling #camped #christmas

After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced. So that's kind of how Joey Harrington must feel today... A former No. 1 choice looks to me like he's going to be a bust in Detroit. ↗

— Terry Bradshaw

#bust #choice #detroit #failed #feel

I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#fail #failed #generally #i #i think

I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I - if I'm not interested in something, I don't grasp it. ↗

— Richard Branson

#dyslexic #failed #grasp #had #i