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...and I went searching for a catchy quote I'd heard:

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”

That's Samuel Beckett, an avant garde British playwright. Then I found some context, and realized this catchy quote isn't all the memes say it is.

https://booksonthewall.com/blog/samuel-beckett-quote-fail-better/

...although after reading that analysis, I think I like Beckett's generally grim approach.

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