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We now live in a world where the only thing to have is success, but failure is marvelous. It's fertiliser, it's like living fertiliser, because you're forced on yourself.

Rupert Everett

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Rupert Everett
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: January 1
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Rupert James Hector Everett
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