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• Entertainment's hard on the ego. I see why actors are so psycho now. Because there's so much 'we don't want you' going on in acting. Even big people get rejected but the smaller people - they really get rejected. Trust me - I know.

  Henry Rollins

  People, Ego, Acting

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• It is clear that the main tenet of socialism, community of goods, must be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom it would seem meant to benefit, is directly contrary to the natural rights of mankind, and would introduce confusion and disorder into the commonweal. The first and most fundamental principle, therefore, if one would undertake to alleviate the condition of the masses, must be the inviolability of private property.

  Pope Leo XIII

  Wisdom, Rights, Confusion

  Pope Leo XIII (1990). “A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII”, p.148, TAN Books

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• No religion is suddenly rejected by any people; it is rather gradually outgrown. None sees a religion die; dead religions are like dead languages and obsolete customs: the decay is long and - like the glacier march - is perceptible only to the careful watcher by comparisons extending over long periods.

  Charles Bradlaugh

  Long, People, Atheism

  Marsden Gibson, Charles Bradlaugh (1889*). “Has Humanity Gained from Unbelief?: Two Nights Debate Between Marsden Gibson and Charles Bradlaugh at Newcastle-on-Tyne”

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• Religion can no longer rest its claims on a dogmatic supernaturalism, because any dogma that is irreconcilable with tested knowledge must be rejected... One sentence ... sums up the dark and deadly pages of Chistian history: "If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities."

  Herbert J. Muller

  Believe, Dark, Atheism

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• They had rejected the soul-body dichotomy, with its two corollaries: the impotence of man's mind and the damnation of this earth; they had rejected the doctrine of suffering as man's metaphysical fate, they proclaimed man's right to the pursuit of happiness and were determined to establish on earth the conditions required for man's proper existence, by the "unaided" power of their intellect.

  Ayn Rand

  Fate, Pursuit Of Happiness, Men

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• In the good times of Dada, we detested polished works, the distracted air of spiritual struggle, the titans, and we rejected them with all out being.

  Hans Arp

  Spiritual, Struggle, Air

  "Jours effeuillés: Poèmes, essaies, souvenirs". Book by Hans Arp, p. 307, 1966.

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• Now I understand what exhaustion is. It’s not just a code word for heroin addiction. People don’t teach you how to handle the workload that comes from a little bit of success, and it’s something I’d never had to handle, because I’d been rejected for so long.

  Felicia Day

  Long, People, Addiction

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• When I first started doing the quieter, more acoustic material in Swans, there was a lot of derision and outright hatred from the audience and press, just as in the early days of Swans when we were rejected outright because of the bludgeoning, single-minded violence of the music.

  Michael Gira

  Swans, Hatred, Violence

  Interview with Michael Idov, pitchfork.com. May 22, 2005.

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• I'm not a comedian so I'll probably get crucified for saying this, but I think with a lot of comedy the impetus behind it is: I've been rejected so many times and I'm bitter and now I'm going to talk about it.

  Justin Timberlake

  Thinking, Comedian, Comedy

  Source: www.gq.com

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• To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Disappointment, Mind, Conviction

  Ann Radcliffe (1820). “The romance of the forest, by the authoress of 'A Sicilian romance'.”, p.147

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• As we move closer and closer to a nonsexist world, women will have an equal opportunity as men to be rejected, embarrassed, and humiliated beyond all consolation.

  Linda Sunshine

  Moving, Opportunity, Men

  Linda Sunshine (1989). “Women Who Date Too Much”, Plume

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• When you write something new about science, other scientists may not like it but they pay attention because it is subject to proof. When you write something new about art, it is subject only to the reader's discomfort, and will probably be rejected.

  Walter Darby Bannard

  Art, Writing, Attention

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• Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.

  John Scalzi

  Writing, Brain, Different

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• We want a national emissions trading scheme, the Government does not and has rejected one for years. We want to boost the mandatory renewable energies target, the Government has failed to do that. We want a national demand side management strategy for the country to reduce electricity consumption and the Government, up until now, has done very little on that score.

  Kevin Rudd

  Country, Government, Years

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• The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. The commonplace person begins to play, and shoots into the empyrean without effort, whilst we look up, marvelling how he has escaped us, and thinking how we could worship him and love him, would he but translate his visions into human words, and his experiences into human actions. Perhaps he cannot; certainly he does not, or does so very seldom.

  E. M. Forster

  Thinking, Play, Effort

  E. M. Forster (2014). “Great Novels of E. M. Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread, The Longest Journey, A Room with a View, Howards End”, p.482, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Maintenance is what you have to do just so you can walk out the door knowing that if you go to the market and bump into a guy who once rejected you, you won't have to hide behind a stack of canned food. I don't mean to be too literal about this.

  Nora Ephron

  Mean, Doors, Knowing

  Nora Ephron (2008). “I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman”, p.55, Random House

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• The act of leaning in to kiss someone, or asking them, is fraught with the possibility of rejection, so the person least likely to get rejected should do the leaning in or the asking.

  John Green

  Kissing, Rejection, Asking

  John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.75, Penguin

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• Ergo: girls should always make the first move, because (a) they are, on the whole, less likely to be rejected than guys, (b) that way, girls will never get kissed unless they want to be kissed.

  John Green

  Girl, Moving, Guy

  John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.75, Penguin

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• We are not being true to the artist as a man if we consider his art work junk simply because we differ with his outlook on life. Christian schools, Christian parents, and Christian pastors often have turned off young people at just this point. Because the schools, the pastors, and the parents did not make a distinction between technical excellence and content, the whole of much great art has been rejected with scorn and ridicule. Instead, if the artist's technical excellence is high, he is to be praised for this, even if we differ with his world view. Man must be treated fairly as man.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Christian, Art, School

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• ...there began to come to her a first dim realization of God's humility. Rejected by the proud in His own right by what humble means He chose to succor them; through the spirit of a child, a poor gypsy or an old man, by a song perhaps, or even it might be by the fall of a leaf or the scent of a flower. For His infinite and humble patience nothing was too small to advance His purpose of salvation and eternity was not too long for its accomplishment.

  Elizabeth Goudge

  Song, Children, Flower

  Elizabeth Goudge (1958). “The White Witch”

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• Perhaps the saddest thing to admit is that those who rejected the Cross have to carry it, while those who welcomed it are so often engaged in crucifying others.

  Nikolai Berdyaev

  Religion, Morality, Crosses

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• The more I risk being rejected, the better my chances are of being accepted.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Inspire, Risk

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• I'm a fatalist.... I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted, it's miraculous or the result of a misunderstanding.

  Arthur Miller

  Principles, Accepted, Results

  "Arthur Miller, Moral Voice of American Stage, Dies at 89". www.nytimes.com. February 11, 2005.

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• I failed, many times in my life. One failure that I always remember was when my second book was rejected by 36 publishers. Many years later, I watched HuffPost come alive

  Arianna Huffington

  Book, Years, Alive

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• Actually even at the beginning of my career, I never felt rejected. I was still working hard and believed in myself. I wasn't in a hurry and was picking and choosing projects carefully even then when I was just a newcomer. My attitude towards films hasn't changed even after these years.

  Katrina Kaif

  Attitude, Years, Careers

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