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Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it's painful when we do. But it's better to fail while striving for something wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain than to say, " I don't want to try because I may not succeed completely.
Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it's painful when we do. But it's better to fail while striving for something wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain than to say, " I don't want to try because I may not succeed completely.
Approximate author period: c. 1974 AD · modern
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- Jimmy Carter
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- Approximate author period: c. 1974 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jimmy Carter: life dates 1924 to 2024. Wikidata Q23685, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23685 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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