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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
I think it always feels riskier and scarier to go after something you really love and want because the rejection and failure hurts more.
A rejection of the way a woman speaks is often a way of blaming or dismissing her without dealing with the content of what she is saying.
You are making an inopportune rejection of what Nature has given you today, if all your mind is set on what men will say of you tomorrow.
It was the worst period of my life. I had all this gigantic acceptance as a kid, and all of a sudden there was this monumental rejection.
There is no doubt as to what needs to happen. There has to be a complete rejection of the type of terrorist attacks carried out in India.
Rejection happens, and you have to have a thick skin about it, which is hard. You can't be overly sensitive about people not picking you.
It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance.
In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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?
Like skateboarders, writers live by rejection; like writers, any skater worth his salt must have the single-minded tenacity of a wiener dog.
Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection.
I have my own show at 28 and a Golden Globe. So, yes, I face rejection, but I've also been very fortunate and understand how fortunate I am.
There was a lot of disappointment and rejection that came really early in my life, until I had to change my mindset and become even stronger.
Targets and timetables do matter. But there is a dispirited feeling that the U.S. just rejects multilateral target-setting for the time being.
How painful it is to find that my figure can be of no help to my future... how painful to see it rejected on account of a slanderous suspicion!
The first rejection that 'Dexter' got, I was like, 'OK. This hasn't worked. Let's try something else. I'll go get a teaching job or something.'
Rejection is, of course, part of any successful model's career, as ironic as that sounds. It's how you pick yourself up and get on with the job.
More than a rejection or dissolution of the past, avant-garde originality is conceived as a literal origin, a beginning from ground zero, a birth.
The downfall of the industry is that there is a lot of pressure in it, a lot of rejection in it and a lot of competition in it. It's a whole mess.
Rejection is a common occurrence. Learning that early and often will help you build up the tolerance and resistance to keep going and keep trying.
I took all of my rejection letters - there must have been thousands of them in a huge box - and I went out on the curb and burned them all, crying.
Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.
There's no greater power than the power of good-bye.
I said hello unnoticed, you said good-bye too soon.
Never, EVER give up. Not ever. Not EVER. Ever EVER!
Don't do anything. Just tolerate me and let me suffer, knowing how you feel.
Left me here to cry alone with a bottle of juice and pork chop bone.
We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.
You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
After rejection - misery, then thoughts of revenge, and finally, oh well, another try elsewhere.
Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.
You have to learn to take rejection not as an indication of personal failing but as a wrong address.
Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.
Take rejection as an eye-opener. Take it as something that pushes you and makes you do things better.
An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information.
It's my petty fear of personal rejection that allows so many true evils to exist. My cowardice enables atrocities.
As an actor, you deal with so much rejection and humiliation. When the good things come around, you tend not to trust your instincts.
If rejection destroys your self-esteem, you're letting others hold you as an emotional hostage.
The best thing we can do with rejection is to make it a learning experience - rejection is a great teacher.
You put yourself on the line as a performer, and when people reject you, it's a personal rejection.
When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.
So goodbye, I'll be leaving, I see no sense in this crying and grieving. We'll both live a lot longer, if you live without me.
You took a poison arrow and you aimed it at my heart. It's heavy and it's bitter, and it's tearing me apart.
I want to dance, I want her ass. Why is she ignoring me?
I wrote for free for, like, fifteen years; I could redo my parlor in rejection slips. It would be surprisingly tasteful - they use nice paper.
You don't dig me, I don't understand what it is, I had my car reupholstered.
The real fear isn't rejection, but that there won't be enough time in your life to write all the stories that you have in you.
I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.
Nobody gets through life without experiencing some form of rejection, which is why everybody knows how awful it feels.