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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000034.txt from 2006/07

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:43:01 -0400


=E2=80=9CHaving in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defe=
at, I=20
must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to=
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death.=E2=80=9D

-Rupert Holmes (1947) English-born composer and writer
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*Best known for the 1979 novelty hit "Escape" (later subtitled "The Pi=C3=
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Colada Song"), he has had a varied and distinguished career in several media=
. =20
That one song is so strongly associated with him that, in one interview, he=20=
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reflected that his tombstone might well be a giant pineapple.

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