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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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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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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With everything that is complex, we learn. If you dont learn, then its an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and youre able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success. – Benjamin Carson

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Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You dont fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day. – Jim Rohn

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They fail, and they alone, who have not striven. – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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I dont have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And Im willing to risk quite a lot – as a comedian, youre always risking a lot. Youre risking failure, especially if youre improvising and going on TV shows trying to make comedy out of thin air. That is quite a risky business. – David Walliams

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