In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things. Harvey Fierstein charactercolorfailure Change image and share on social
Without failure there is no sweetness in success. There's no understanding of it. Glenn Beck failuresuccesssweetness Change image and share on social
One thing I do believe is I'm a believer in the presence of God. I believe that God is close. Whether it's in joy, pain or personal failure, I believe that God is close. That much I feel in my life. David Gregory believerclosefailure Change image and share on social
My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.' Dana Fox bigfailureglad Change image and share on social
I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure. Alan Rickman courtdesiredirection Change image and share on social
If you can't send your daughter to school when you know it will help her, you feel a sense of failure, and you feel that failure deeply. Ann Cotton daughterdeeplyfailure Change image and share on social
So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman. Allen Tate automobilefailurefictitious share on social
I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure. Andrew Vachss arrogantcompensatedeal share on social
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. Ambrose Bierce authoritycrimedestiny Change image and share on social
I didn't want to get divorced, but at the point where your children are part of it, you have to do something. I would really love it not to have happened because it haunts you, it will never go away, and it is probably the biggest failure, and I have to live with that. Amanda Harlech bigchilddivorce share on social
