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I somewhat joke that I know an awful lot because I learn from my mistakes. I just make a lot of mistakes. It's OK to fail in science just as long as you have the successes to go with the failures.
Craig Venter
You
Science
Long
Joke
Mistakes
OK
Somewhat
Fail
Failures
Know
Make
Learn
Because
Go
Lot
Just
Successes
Awful
Awful Lot
You can imagine: 99 percent of your experiments fail for one reason or another.
Craig Venter
You
Percent
Fail
Another
Experiments
Your
Reason
Imagine
I'm not a sympathetic guy when I see people throwing their lives away and using their life's obstacles as excuses to fail. I just don't buy into that.
Dabo Swinney
Life
Buy
People
See
Guy
Throwing
Fail
Obstacles
Excuses
Just
Using
Away
Lives
Sympathetic
It seems the best approach for any venture is a combo platter - Japan's quality-consciousness paired with America's willingness to experiment and (sometimes) fail.
Daniel H. Pink
Best
Sometimes
Experiment
Approach
Willingness
Seems
Fail
Venture
America
Any
Japan
Platter
The populists always fail in their own terms. Let me be more specific, the protectionists always fail. They always end up delivering the sharpest fall in living standards to the people who are their biggest supporters.
Daniel Hannan
Me
People
Fall
Own
Living
More
Delivering
Fail
Supporters
Sharpest
Terms
Always
End
Up
Biggest
Standards
Who
Specific
A common mistake made by amateurs is that they fail to take advantage of players who bluff excessively. Instead of playing possum and letting their aggressive opponents continue to bet, beginners raise too early with monster hands, allowing their opponents to fold.
Daniel Negreanu
Mistake
Made
Take Advantage
Aggressive
Too
Monster
Fold
Bet
Excess
Take
Allowing
Fail
Instead
Advantage
Opponents
Amateur
Continue
Beginners
Hands
Common
Bluff
Who
Letting
Players
Early
Raise
Playing
I think you have to try and fail a little bit, because you learn how badly you want it.
Danielle Macdonald
You
Try
Think
Bit
Badly
Fail
Learn
Because
How
Want
Little
Little Bit
I had to work at it - audition and fail, get things and lose others. If you really want something, you keep going.
Danielle Macdonald
Work
You
Lose
Others
Something
Had
Fail
Audition
Get
Going
Want
Really
Keep
Keep Going
Things
Failure can teach you something, and as long as you're moving very, very quickly, you're going to start piling up the wins. Speed gives you the luxury to be able to fail.
Dara Khosrowshahi
Failure
You
Luxury
Long
Speed
Able
Something
Gives
Wins
Fail
Piling
Up
Very
Quickly
Going
Moving
Teach
Start
Our citizens and those who have gone before us charted the broad outlines of where we need to go, and they would envy our opportunity to translate those dreams into action. And I believe they will judge us very harshly should we fail to act.
Dave Freudenthal
Dreams
Judge
Envy
Opportunity
Will
Before
Gone
Action
Believe
Broad
Our
Those
Harshly
Citizens
Would
Outlines
Charted
Fail
Go
Very
Where
Translate
Us
Should
Act
Who
Need
You want to hire great people and give them the opportunity to fail. You need to let them figure things out as they go along. If they fail repeatedly, then you probably have to find a different person, but if you don't let people have that opportunity to fail, they don't get to learn and grow and try things.
Dave Goldberg
Great
You
People
Opportunity
Try
Out
Find
Give
Great People
Fail
Along
Learn
Go
Hire
Repeatedly
Person
Get
Different
Want
Them
Then
Different Person
Figure
Grow
Things
Need
While some sit on the sidelines and fail to offer any practical solutions to address high gas prices now, the House is once again taking action to meet the energy needs of the American people.
Dave Reichert
Needs
People
Sit
Energy
Action
Meet
Sidelines
Address
Once
High
Solutions
Some
Prices
Fail
Taking
House
Practical
Offer
American
Any
While
Again
Energy Needs
American People
Now
Gas
Gas Prices
The songs of mine that don't work, the ones that I wouldn't consider playing live for instance, fail to integrate their idiosyncracies. It's not that they fail because they're boring, but because they overreach.
David Berman
Work
Live
Consider
Mine
Boring
Songs
Instance
Fail
Because
Integrate
Playing
Businesses that fail to develop their staff are twice as likely to collapse. Firms seeking to reposition themselves for the economic upturn need to invest in their staff's flexibility, responsiveness and skills.
David Blunkett
Collapse
Seeking
Economic
Invest
Develop
Fail
Likely
Staff
Themselves
Skills
Flexibility
Businesses
Twice
Need
Innovation is a big risk. It can also be a big reward - but a big punishment if you fail.
David Cage
You
Innovation
Reward
Big
Punishment
Risk
Fail
Also
The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.
David Deutsch
Overwhelming
Bad
Fail
Contain
Majority
Because
Tests
Experimental
Explanations
Theories
Rejected
I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.
David Dinkins
Law
Crime
Comply
Fail
Did
Committed
I think it's important to realize that law enforcement does do a very good job oftentimes of trying to ensure the safety and security of their people. But oftentimes, where they fail is communities of color and in lower socioeconomic status communities where they discriminate against these people.
David Hogg
Good
People
Law
Safety
Good Job
Job
Important
Think
Ensure
Security
Status
Law Enforcement
Color
Fail
Does
Very
Discriminate
Trying
Oftentimes
Where
Against
Realize
Enforcement
Lower
Communities
My main piece of advice would be don't worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also don't be afraid to write a bad book. Give yourself permission to fail, and don't be afraid.
David Levithan
Good
Yourself
Book
Advice
Worry
Bad
Would
Would-Be
About
Give
Write
Main
Fail
Piece
Also
Permission
Just
Afraid
Being
Really
Good Book
Published
At the end of the day on 'Pete's Dragon,' if we didn't nail something, we could come back and pick it up later. I always knew there was a safety net built in that Disney would not let the movie fail. But in this case, with 'A Ghost Story,' it was all on the line.
David Lowery
Day
Safety
End Of The Day
Back
Later
Ghost
Would
Net
Case
Something
Could
Pick
Knew
Fail
Nail
Come
Safety Net
Always
Built
Line
End
Up
Movie
Story
Disney
Dragon
It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail.
David Merrick
Success
Enough
Others
Fail
Succeed
Should
If Michael Steele doesn't make you sad, well, then there's radio host Rush Limbaugh, no longer content with wanting the President to fail, Rush is now calling out Mr. Obama as a girly man.
David Shuster
Sad
You
Man
President
Out
Obama
Rush
Rush Limbaugh
Girly
Host
Fail
Longer
Well
Make
Calling
Content
Michael
Wanting
Then
Radio
Now
I'm not an evangelist Christian at all. I can't try to convert anybody. It's not in me to do that. But my faith has given me such an appreciation of people and meaningful relationships, and a world view which I didn't have before. And although I will fail every day, it gives me something to aspire to.
David Suchet
Faith
Day
Me
Appreciation
Every Day
People
World
Try
Will
Before
Christian
Every
Relationships
Something
Given
Gives
Fail
Although
Anybody
Which
Convert
Meaningful
View
Aspire
Evangelist
World View
The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and businesses lost, ecosystems destroyed, species driven to extinction, infrastructure smashed and people inconvenienced.
David Suzuki
Change
People
Will
Lost
Hundreds
Worse
Hundreds Of Thousands
Destroyed
Thousands
Driven
Fail
Smashed
Beyond
Ecosystems
Climate
Climate Change
Causing
Get
Goes
Infrastructure
Act
Businesses
Homes
Species
Lives
Damage
Extinction
I would fail if I had to work with stars. And I also can't afford to work that way. I can't afford to have special circumstances for rarified individuals. So, I work with actors who have given me a sign that they're willing to work in these more humble circumstances, in real-life locations.
Debra Granik
Work
Me
Humble
Stars
Way
Locations
Circumstances
Sign
Willing
Would
Given
More
Had
Fail
Individuals
Also
Afford
Special
Who
Actor
I ask all my actors to do two things: I ask them to fail for me, and I ask them to surprise me.
Derek Cianfrance
Me
Fail
Surprise
Them
Ask
Actor
Things
Two
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