"I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve."

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What is important is not that you have a defeat but how you react to it. There is always the possibility to transform a defeat into something else, something new, something strong. All the good stories, all the people we remember are the ones who do this, who make victories out of their failures. Because the victories teach nothing. The victories are not useful. They are often dangerous.

— Lina Wertmuller