“The word failure is not in my vocabulary. I learn something every day. It's human to make mistakes.”

—  Helen Reddy

On the incidents in her career in Las Vegas as quoted in "Reddy: Full Speed Ahead... and Back". Hawn, Jack, L. A. Times, 25 July 1987 http://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-25/entertainment/ca-1064_1_full-speed

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