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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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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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period. – Felicity Kendal

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I was convicted of three misdemeanors of willful failure to file a form. – Wesley Snipes

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Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it. – Thomas Sowell

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Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. – Gary Ryan Blair

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