A Quote by Ben Fogle

I failed my exams and my driving test. I failed to get into the Foreign Office and drama school. The big F was dominant in my early years.

Ben Fogle

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Big Dominant Drama Drama School Driving Early Early Years Exams Failed Foreign Get Office School Test Years

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Ben Fogle
English - Writer
Born: November 3, 1973

After university, I was desperate to be an ambassador. It went back to geography: I loved the idea of living in exotic and exciting countries, but still driving a Land Rover and having tea. I failed the Foreign Office exams three times.

Ben Fogle

Having written both comedy and drama, comedy's harder because the fear of failure's so much stronger. When you write a scene and you see it cut together, and it doesn't make you laugh, it hurts in a way that failed drama doesn't. Failed drama, it's all, 'That's not that compelling,' but failed comedy just lays there.

Rob Thomas

I failed eating, failed drinking, failed not cutting myself into shreds. Failed friendship. Failed sisterhood and daughterhood. Failed mirrors and scales and phone calls. Good thing I'm stable.

Laurie Halse Anderson

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Bob Costas

Oh, I don't think religion has failed. It's man who has failed. Christ hasn't failed. The Gospel hasn't failed. The teachings of God have not failed.

Gordon B. Hinckley

I failed the audition to get into drama school.

Peter Capaldi

When I went to do law, I kind of drifted through that and thought, 'I can pass these exams.' And I didn't - I failed three times, and each time I did worse and failed by a bigger margin. And that taught me so much.

Tim Rice

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Sharon Stone

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William Saroyan

A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.

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Gary Reilly

They have had three years to get a resolution and they failed. Both of these guys have failed.

Marcel Dionne

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Richard Quest

This [Barack Obama] administration has failed America's inner cities. Remember, it has failed America's inner cities. It's failed them on education. It's failed them on jobs. It's failed them on crime. It's failed them in every way and on every single level. When I am president, I will work to ensure that all of our kids are treated equally and protected equally.