Quote by Rupert Holmes
Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defe

Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death. – Rupert Holmes

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But thankfully, my first album, Wide Screen, was sort of a critics darling – everyone raved about it, but no one bought it. They only manufactured 10,000 copies I wasnt even in the running for failure! – Rupert Holmes

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Failure
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As much as the mystery element is all a lot of fun, when you do go to Edwin Drood, youre going to a theatre to see a show about going to a theatre and what that relationship between actors and audiences has been for years. – Rupert Holmes

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relationship
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Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. – Colin Powell

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Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure. Do not mistake a child for his symptom. – Erik Erikson

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In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach. – Andy Murray

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The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure. – Ben Okri

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As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears. – John Locke

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If you get into a Broadway show and it doesnt work, youre a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesnt sound great to me! – Betty White

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