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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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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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Their lives have been largely defined by failure and you would think the prospect of marriage, which is supposed to be bountiful and hopeful, its just really another kind of tangential thing in his life. – Thomas Haden Church

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My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. Thats going to be really, really hard. Im glad I learned the lesson, Failure is OK. – Dana Fox

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