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My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get set in the right direction, and the disappoint
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"My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get set in the right direction, and the disappointment which it caused me, drove me the more persistently into writing as an alternative"

- Laurence Housman

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This quote by Laurence Housman speaks to the power of frustration and also failure in driving one to pursue different paths. Housman reviews his own experience of falling short to ready in the appropriate direction throughout the very first five or six years of his art training. This failure created him wonderful disappointment, yet as opposed to permitting it to discourage him, he utilized it as a resource of inspiration to seek writing as a choice. This quote talks with the significance of durability and willpower in the face of failure. It likewise highlights the relevance of being open to alternate paths and also opportunities, also when one's original plans do not exercise. Housman's experience acts as a motivating reminder that failure can be a powerful resource of motivation which it can cause unforeseen possibilities.

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England Flag This quote is written / told by Laurence Housman between July 18, 1865 and February 20, 1959. He/she was a famous Playwright from England. The author also have 24 other quotes.

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