#rejection

I have friends that are much better actors than I am that had to quit the business because they couldn't survive the auditions or the rejections, or people just didn't realize how good they were. ↗

— Robert Englund

#auditions #because #better #business #friends

A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#necessary #nothing #pursuit #rejection #step

When my now ex wife said she wanted a separation, I was horrified. So I said, “You want me to wear a condom?!”
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— Jarod Kintz

#failure #false-conclusion #horrified #horror #mistake

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love. ↗

— Anita Diament

#deeply #even #getting #give #i

As a teenager, my favourite rejection was, 'She looks too healthy,' which of course translates as, 'She needs to lose weight.' ↗

— Christina Ricci

#favourite #healthy #looks #lose #needs

I had come to regard the U.S. Senate's rejection of the League of Nations as a tragic mistake. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#had #i #league #mistake #nations

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

#continued #few #good #i #indicated

I told the ambulance men the wrong blood type for my ex, so he knows what rejection feels like. ↗

— Pippa Evans

#blood #feels #i #knows #like

I don't really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection. ↗

— Nicholas Hoult

#build #disappointments #i #myself #really

I asked the girl at the coffee shop out on a date. Unfortunately she said no, probably because I asked her out to coffee.
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— Jarod Kintz

#dating #rejection #dating