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Rejection
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“I think all great innovations are built on rejections.”
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“I am not a cold woman, Henry, / But I do not feel for you, / What I feel for the elephants and the miasmas / And the general view.”
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“Beware of allowing a tactless word, a rebuttal, a rejection to obliterate the whole sky.”
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“... a person who doesn't feel rejected doesn't go away. A painless rejection isn't one.”
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“I was absorbing a sorry truth of show business — rejection is the norm and acceptance the oddity. I was learning to cut the tops off my highs and stay with the lows where the rejections and letdowns would be shallow.”
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“Books were put out, and 'had a run,' / Like coinage from the mint; / But which could fill the place of one, / That one they wouldn't print?”
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“I live by the truth that 'No' is a complete sentence.”
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“What we once fling away never comes again to us.”
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“Swallowing your pride isn't lethal. It might upset your stomach for a few minutes, but the ultimate result may be the life of your dreams. And that's a result that's worth every rejection you encounter.”
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“Every 'no' means you are that much closer to a 'yes.'”
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“Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay.”
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“To students, I have been known to put this more flippantly and more succinctly. When rejection slips or rotten reviews come in, I tell them: have one stiff drink, say five Hail Mary's and ten Fuck-You's, and get back to work.”
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“[On rejection:] ... you only need one 'yes.'”