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a miss is as good as a mile

A failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.
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Submitted on September 25, 2011

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slečna je stejně dobrá jako míle

ein Miss ist so gut wie eine Meile

une mademoiselle vaut un mille

एक मिस एक मील के रूप में अच्छा है

una signorina vale quanto un miglio

错过就像一英里

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