Human beings are the only creatures who are allowed to fail. If an ant…

Madeleine L'Engle
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Human beings are the only creatures who are allowed to fail. If an ant fails, it's dead. But we're allowed to learn from our mistakes and from our failures. And that's how I learn, by falling flat on my face and picking myself up and starting all over again.
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