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• Feminism died in 1998 when Hillary allowed henchlings and Democrats to demonize Monica as an unbalanced stalker, and when Gloria Steinem defended Mr. Clinton against Kathleen Willey and Paula Jones by saying he had merely made clumsy passes, then accepted rejection, so there was no sexual harassment involved. As to his dallying with an emotionally immature 21-year-old, Ms. Steinem noted, 'Welcome sexual behavior is about as relevant to sexual harassment as borrowing a car is to stealing one.' Surely what's good for the Comeback Kid is good for the Terminator.

  Maureen Dowd

  Kids, Years, Car

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• I had so many beliefs against being a singer or what it takes. There was a lot of pain associated with that. The rejection of it all. I lived in a rejection state of mind. Not because of my voice; the mike never rejected me. It was harboring all those bad memories of being broke. It teaches you your worth. Nothing good comes from that.

  Ester Dean

  Pain, Memories, Voice

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• The ultimate ignorance is the rejection of something you know nothing about, yet refuse to investigate.

  Wayne Dyer

  Ignorance, Refuse, Knows

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• A little criticism makes me angry, and a little rejection makes me depressed. A little praise raises my spirits, and a little success excites me. It takes very little to raise me up or thrust me down. Often I am like a small boat on the ocean, completely at the mercy of its waves. All the time and energy I spend in keeping some kind of balance and preventing myself from being tipped over and drowning shows my life is mostly a struggle for survival: not a holy struggle, but an anxious struggle resulting from the mistaken idea that it is the world that defines me.

  Henri Nouwen

  Ocean, Struggle, Self

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming”, p.42, Image

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• It's a shame publishers send rejection slips. Writers should get something more substantial than a slip that amounts to a pile of confetti. Publishers should send something heavier. Editors should send out rejection bricks, so at the end of a lot of years, you would have something to show besides a wheelbarrow of rejection slips. Instead you could have enough bricks to build a house.

  Jerry Spinelli

  Years, Editors, House

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• My whole life so far, my whole experience has been that our failure has been not to love enough. This conviction brought me to a rejection of the radical movement after my early membership in the Socialist Party, the Industrial Workers of the World, and the Communist affiliates I worked with.

  Dorothy Day

  Party, Movement, World

  Dorothy Day, Peter Day (1999). “On Pilgrimage”, p.203, A&C Black

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• But those who chose to reject God during their lifetime on earth will be separated from him for eternity. This is not God's desire, but man's own choice. God holds every man accountable for his rejection of Christ.

  Billy Graham

  Men, Choices, Desire

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• 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.

  Gloria Steinem

  Way, Blame, Speak

  Gloria Steinem (2012). “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions”, p.287, Open Road Media

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• Liberals are wrong to think that opposition to health reform is a rejection of big government. If health reform consisted of extending Medicare to everyone, people would be delighted. There are millions of 64-year-olds out there who can hardly wait to be 65.

  Marcia Angell

  Thinking, Government, Years

  "Message from Massachusetts" by Marcia Angell, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 23, 2010.

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• By keeping her heart protected, she'll never ever feel rejected.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Heart, Rejected, Feels

  Song: Miss Independent

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• Rejection is a gift and failure is the best educator, so when someone knocks you down, get back up!

  Kathy Ireland

  Educator, Get Back

  Twitter post from Feb 8, 2018

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• Didja ever get one of them girls who just wants to watch the show?

  Elvis Presley

  Girl, Want, Watches

  Song: Didja' Ever, Album: G.I. Blues

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• My first job out of college was as an editorial assistant in a New York publishing house. Being an editorial assistant is the purgatory would-be editors must endure before they can ascend the ladder and begin acquiring books on their own. I spent a year filing paperwork, writing copy, and typing rejection letters.

  Lincoln Child

  Jobs, New York, Book

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• I said hello unnoticed, you said good-bye too soon.

  Rod Stewart

  Bye, Hello, Said

  Song: You're in My Heart

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• I go to put my arm around you and you give me a look like I'm way out of bounds.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Giving, Looks, Arms

  Song: I'm Goin' Down, Album: Born in the U.S.A., 1984

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• Sacrifice does not mean the rejection of the worthless, but of the precious

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Sacrifice, Doe

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.113, Penguin

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• I gave you a wrist watch, baby, and you wouldn't even give me the time of day.

  Patti Smith

  Baby, Giving, Watches

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• It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'

  Ellen Muth

  Father, Self Esteem, Trying

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I flashed her a smile, but she didn't even look at me. So for brains and good judgment, I'd give her a three.

  Bobby Bare

  Giving, Brain, Three

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• I feel like a stone you have picked up and thrown to the hard rock bottom of your heart.

  Randy Travis

  Heart, Rocks, Stones

  Song: Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart

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• Her little sister will tell you she don't live here anymore.

  Elvis Presley

  Little Sister, Littles

  Song: The Meanest Girl In Town, Album: Girl Happy

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• I do think it imperative that you recover from fear of rejection. Forgive me, but that is the sin of pride, and you must avoid that particular manifestation of the sin if you are to reach the goal . . . you hope for.

  John Farrar

  Humility, Pride, Thinking

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• I want to dance, I want her ass. Why is she ignoring me?

  Rod Stewart

  Want, Ass, Ignore Me

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• Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand?

  Janis Joplin

  Night, Knows, One Night Stand

  Song: One Night Stand

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• Don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart, I just don't think it'd understand.

  Billy Ray Cyrus

  Heart, Thinking, My Heart

  Billy Ray Cyrus, Todd Gold (2013). “Hillbilly Heart”, p.133, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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