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But thankfully, my first album, Wide Screen, was sort of a critics

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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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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There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object. – John Keats

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The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again. – Ben Stiller

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Failure

The rise of China as a new power is another great challenge for the US. Our failure to properly handle Germany and Japan earlier in the 20th century cost us and the world dearly. We must not make this same mistake with China. – Steve Forbes

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Our failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq thus far has been deeply troubling, and our intelligence-gathering process needs thorough and unbiased investigation. – Adam Schiff

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I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. – Igor Stravinsky

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Gorillas are in danger of being wiped out by the Ebola virus. I feel like we have limited time to get to know them and understand them and theyre going to disappear – thats terrifically sad. Wouldnt it be great if we could stop that? – Sara Gruen

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Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money. – Robert H. Jackson

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Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music. – Bruce Springsteen

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