Rejection Quotes - Page 17

• Unless a woman asks men out (the first time) as often as men ask her out, then the assertion 'He asked me out, therefore he pays' is just a double jeopardy of the male role: he must not only do the asking, he must pay extra for risking extra rejection.

  Warren Farrell

  Men, Pay, Firsts

  "Why Men Are the Way They Are". Book by Warren Farrell, 1986.

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• There are different forms of anarchy and different currents in it. I must, first say very simply what anarchy I have in view. By anarchy I mean first an absolute rejection of violence.

  Jacques Ellul

  Mean, Views, Different

  Jacques Ellul (2011). “Anarchy and Christianity”, p.11, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• Learn to take rejection, keep fit and work only with the best in your field.

  Elaine Paige

  Fields, Fit

  "Portrait of the Artist: Elaine Paige, Actor". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2007.

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• Your greatest creation is your creative life. It's all in your hands. Rejection can't take it away; reviews can't take it away. The life you create for yourself as an artist, may be the only thing that's really yours. Create a life you can center yourself in calmly as you wait for your work to grow.

  Sara Zarr

  Artist, Hands, Creative

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• By one means or another, the swiftest method of rejection of the holy prophets has been to find a pretext, however false or absurd, to dismiss the man so that his message could also be dismissed.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Mean, Men, Holy Prophet

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• A man's primary fantasy is access to a variety of attractive women without the fear of rejection.

  Warren Farrell

  Men, Fantasy, Attractive

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• Zionist willingness to compromise met by Palestinian rejection and Jew hatred.

  Sol Stern

  Hatred, Compromise, Mets

  Sol Stern (2013). “A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred”, p.1938, Encounter Books

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• There were about ten years of trying, failing, trying again, suffering rejection, etc. My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was the fourth book I wrote.

  Sara Zarr

  Girl, Book, Years

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• He took a moment to get over the shock, and to remind himself that this had surely been difficult for her and she was probably bracing herself for a rejection. At least he hoped she was. If she wasn't, she needed to do that straight away, because it was coming. God damn right it was coming.

  Julianne MacLean

  Moments, Shock, Damn

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• 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.

  Tommy Rettig

  Kids, Acceptance, Periods

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• When you're just an actor, maybe not the top of the list guys, you get constant rejection and it's fun.

  David Arquette

  Fun, Guy, Actors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Of one thing I am sure. Complaining is self-perpetuating and counterproductive. Whenever I express my complaints in the hope of evoking pity and receiving the satisfaction I so much desire, the result is always the opposite of what I tried to get. A complainer is hard to live with, and very few people know how to respond to the complaints made by a self-rejecting person. The tragedy is that, often, the complaint, once expressed, leads to that which is most feared: further rejection.

  Henri Nouwen

  Self, Opposites, People

  Henri J.M. Nouwen (2016). “The Return of the Prodigal Son Anniversary Edition: A Special Two-in-One Volume, including Home Tonight”, p.80, Convergent Books

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• Blay said yet again, that old, familiar voice cutting through all of those years of rejection and judgment, giving him not just a rope of acceptance to hang on to, but a flesh-and-blood hand to lead him out of the darkness of his past... And into a future that didn't require lies or excuses, because what he was, and what they were, was both extraordinary-and not hing out of the ordinary. Love, after all, was universal.

  J.R. Ward

  Lying, Cutting, Acceptance

  J.R. Ward (2013). “Lover At Last: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.578, Penguin

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• The times in my life when I've been my thinnest, I've been a walking psycho wreck. Forget the fact that I was basically starving myself; skinny was usually due to some kind of loss. Death. Rejection. Divorce.

  Stephanie Klein

  Divorce, Loss, Wrecks

  "Moose: A Memoir". Book by Stephanie Klein, www.today.com. 2008.

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• To judge someone before understanding that person is a form of human rejection and feeds upon itself. It intensifies personal insecurities, necessitating more judgment (prejudice) and less understanding. The processes continue in this vicious cycle.

  Stephen Covey

  Judging, Understanding, Insecurity

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• You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.

  Caleb Cushing

  People, Adoption, Constitution

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• The wall that protects you from rejection also keeps out love and success. Accept your abundance.

  Randy Gage

  Wall, Abundance, Accepting

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• To reject this inhuman Communist ideology is simply to be a human being. Such a rejection is more than a political act. It is a protest of our souls against those who would have us forget the concepts of good and evil.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  War, Evil, Political

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• Take the time you need to learn the craft. Then sit down and write. When you hand over your completed manuscript to a trusted reader, keep an open mind. Edit, edit, and edit again. After you have written a great query letter, go to AgentQuery.com. This site is an invaluable resource that lists agents in your genre. Submit, accept rejection as part of the process, and submit again. And, of course, never give up.

  Kathleen Grissom

  Giving Up, Writing, Hands

  Kathleen Grissom (2014). “The Kitchen House: A Novel”, p.376, Simon and Schuster

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• And the sexes eyeing each other uneasily, for nothing is easier for a teenager to imagine than rejection.

  Roger Ebert

  Sex, Teenager, Imagine

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• I had the easiest publishing experience in the entire world. I sent out fifteen courier letters to agents, got five no replies, nine rejections and one I want to see it. A month later I had an agent. Another month later I had a three book deal with Little Brown.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Book, Three, Agents

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• He was as needy as she was. Alvin Finch only wanted to be needed. Loved. And absent of either, he resorted to deflecting his pain by killing. Just like a teenager might resort to deflecting the pain of rejection by cutting. People did a lot of crazy things to be wanted.

  Ted Dekker

  Pain, Crazy, Teenager

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• But at least if you hint and are rejected, the rejection is blurable rather than blistering. Whereas if you ask outright and are refused, the humiliation is as stark as a streaker on a football.

  Anna Maxted

  Football, Hints, Rejected

  Anna Maxted (2016). “Getting Over It”, p.228, Random House

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• I had never seen a woman in such despair before. It was worse than death, it was a constant longing for death and a constant rejection of life. She lived like darkness in her own day.

  Philippa Gregory

  Darkness, Despair, Longing

  Philippa Gregory (2004). “The Queen's Fool: A Novel”, p.337, Simon and Schuster

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• "You know, I've wondered if it's more painful to lose someone you love to death or to lose someone you love because she no longer loves you back." "I don't know," I said. "On the surface, it seems an easy question. It should be so much easier to lose someone who doesn't love you, because why would you want to be with someone who doesn't want you? But rejection's not an east road. A part of you always wonders what makes you so unlovable."

  Richard Paul Evans

  Love You, Love Is, East

  Richard Paul Evans (2014). “Richard Paul Evans: The Complete Walk Series eBook Boxed Set: The Walk, Miles to Go, Road to Grace, Step of Faith, Walking on Water”, p.786, Simon and Schuster

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