What my father especially taught me was to not always take the safe road, the easy road. If you are going to do good work, you have to risk failing badly. (Natasha Richardson)

What my father especially taught me was to not always take the safe road, the easy road. If you are going to do good work, you have to risk failing badly.

Natasha Richardson

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