It is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

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"Love is a lot like a backache, it doesn’t show up on X-rays, but you know it’s there."

- George Burns

Love

"Love is a lot like a backache, it doesn't show up on X-rays, but you know it's there."

- George Burns

Love

"Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or fourteenth."

- George Burns

Self-awareness

""Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.""

- George Burns

Happiness

""I can’t afford to die; I’d lose too much money.""

- George Burns

Happiness

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"You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character."

Failure

"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work."

- Thomas Edison

Failure

"We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success."

- Arianna Huffington

Failure

"Trying is the first step toward failure."

- Homer Simpson

Failure

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

- Truman Capote

Failure