Quotes by Rejection Character is proportionate to N, the number of consecutive failures without being discouraged, or equivalently, the number of successive rejections without being intimidated. Nassim Nicholas Taleb rejectionnumberscharacter They say that breaking up is hard to do, now I know, I know that it's true. Neil Sedaka hardrejectionknows In the United States, the immigrant experience occupies a very central place in American mythology. And sometimes, that place wavers between acceptance and rejection. Nguyen Viet Thang rejectionunited-statesacceptance I'm free to give my love, but you're not the one I'm thinking of. Neil Young rejectiongivingthinking I don't really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection. Nicholas Hoult rejectiondisappointment As an actor, rejection is a big part of it, and I've had a lot of it. So when there's something that you really want to do, it's so great to have someone to be a part of a team as great as this team is. Nick Jonas rejectionteamactors Fogg states that all humans are motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain; to seek hope and avoid fear; and finally, to seek social acceptance and avoid rejection Nir Eyal rejectionpainacceptance I couldn't tell you the ratio, but probably for every job you see me do, there would be 20 rejections. Noel Clarke rejectionwould-bejobs The best ideas lose their owners and take on lives of their own. Nolan Bushnell rejectionacceptanceideas For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American. Nora Roberts rejectionstoriesyears ...never have I subscribed to the doctrine of willful rejection of the world or its visual image. To the non-objectivist this act of impiety may be shockingly impure, but God, I have no desire to be either hollow or sterile. Norman Mailer doctrinerejectiondesire Rejections are painful, but inevitable. They're every writer's rite of passage. Octavia Butler rejectionpainfulwriting No sin is committed merely because a thought enters the mind, provided it is not made welcome. Perhaps we may use the figure that the thought first passes into an anteroom, where it stands before the mind acting as a judge. No matter how sordid or evil, it has not touched the personality with its infamy nor in any way laid guilt upon the soul unless and until the mind acting as judge admits it with a welcome. If the mind decides against it and dismisses it, the personality is not only unsullied but is, on the contrary, by this act of rejection stimulated and strengthened in moral power. Norman Vincent Peale rejectionjudgingevil There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and the anger - they come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they're rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger. Noam Chomsky rejectiongovernmentacceptance Acting is a difficult profession, it really is. It's different than singing. With singing you may have one song and four people to record it - but they'll all do it differently and they'll all have that option. Whereas with actors there might be one part, and five hundred actors all want the same role - it's so much more competitive. It's an incredibly painful profession because you get so much rejection. Olivia Newton-John rejectionsongpeople I don't want anyone who doesn't want me. Oprah Winfrey want-merejectionwant Authors always take rejection badly. They equate it with infanticide. P. D. James infanticiderejection Problems are gifts from heaven to help every one of us to grow but for those who are to grow the most, heaven bestows rejection. Pat McBride rejectionhelpingheaven The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror. Oscar Wilde rejectionmirrorshatred So struggling for work here has been very good for me, but it's also been very hard to handle rejection. Patricia Velasquez very-goodrejectionstruggle«1516171819202122232425»
