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e.g. The economic policy of the new government is doomed to failure.
e.g. Her failure to complete these tasks has caused the project to be delayed.
e.g. Since the failure of the machine, they have had to staple these documents by hand.
e.g. The failure of the bridge has forced people to take a longer route to their destination.
e.g. She felt discouraged by the failure of her experiment.
e.g. His failure caused them to view him as irresponsible.
e.g. The accident caused the failure of his legs, so now he cannot walk.
e.g. She is afraid of being considered a failure of people find out about her mistake.
e.g. The restaurant's failure of its health inspection caused it to close down.
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"Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure." -- Don Wilder
"Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo." -- Jon Sinclair
"Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street." -- Zig Ziglar
"Failure is not the falling down, but the staying down." -- Mary Pickford
"Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day." -- Jim Rohn
"Success is 99% failure." -- Soichiro Honda
"The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now." -- Zig Ziglar
"The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one." -- John C Maxwell
"The price of success is much lower than the price of failure." -- Zig Ziglar
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