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I used to float
now I just fall down
I used to know
but I'm not sure now

—Billie Eilish

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Luke: I don’t believe it.
Yoda: That is why you fail.

—The Empire Strikes Back

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You can’t do it unless you believe that you can do it.

—Fred Hampton

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I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.

―Anaïs Nin

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Defeat may be victory in disguise;
The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life.

—Michael Jordan

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If you’re playing the wrong note, keep playing it and people will think it’s the right note.

—Jimmy Page

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There are no wrong notes.

—Miles Davis

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Did I err?

—Groo the Wanderer

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Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature.

—Salvador Dalí

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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

―Truman Capote

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I have not failed. I've found 10,000 ways it won't work.

―Thomas Edison

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The only way to avoid making mistakes is to do nothing, which is the greatest mistake of all.

―Unknown

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Fail. Fail again. Fail better.

―Samuel Beckett

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Ever make mistakes in life? Let’s make them birds. Yeah, they’re birds now.

―Bob Ross

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For the loser now
will be later to win

―Bob Dylan

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Never failure.
Always a lesson.

—adrienne maree brown

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Poem: Loss and Gain

Poem: The Singing-Lesson

A toast to all the rejects

The fine art of failure

The value of failing

Poems about failure

My urge to fail again and again

Poem: Autobiography in five short chapters

Go ahead and fail

How to succeed at failure

I failed and failed until something worked

When success leads to failure

Failure is the key to success

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