Quotes with rejection

  • The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man's frail and human effort to approach the truth. To reject the word is to reject the human search.

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  • Thomas Henry Huxley Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
    Thomas Henry Huxley
    English biologist (1825 - 1895)
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  • Bo Bennett A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Chevy Chase Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.
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  • Brad Holland All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I was getting rejection slips from the 'Saturday Evening Post.'
    Brad Holland
    American basketball player (1956 - )
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  • Bo Bennett An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information.
    Year to Success
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Carol Leifer As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.
    Carol Leifer
    American comedian, writer, producer and actress (1956 - )
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  • Jim Rohn Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Dan Cruickshank By Modernism I mean the positive rejection of the past and the blind belief in the process of change, in novelty for its own sake, in the idea that progress through time equates with cultural progress; in the cult of individuality, originality and self-expression.
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  • Sigmund Freud Conscience is the internal perception of the rejection of a particular wish operating within us.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • Boris Pasternak Considering the meaning this award has been given in the society to which I belong, I must reject this undeserved prize which has been presented to me. Please do not receive my voluntary rejection with displeasure.
    Telegram naar Nobelcomite (29-10-1958)
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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  • Comte De Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont Despair, feeding, as it always does, on phantasmagoria, is imperturbably leading literature to the rejection, en masse, of all divine and social laws, towards practical and theoretical evil.
    Comte De Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
    French author, poet (1846 - 1870)
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  • Beth Ditto Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Anita Diamant 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 Diamant
    American author (1951 - )
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  • Caleb Cushing It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition.
    Caleb Cushing
    American Democratic politician and diplomat (1800 - 1879)
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  • Bo Bennett It is not rejection itself that people fear, it is the possible consequences of rejection. Preparing to accept those consequences and viewing rejection as a learning experience that will bring you closer to success, will not only help you to conquer the fear of rejection, but help you to appreciate rejection itself.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Beth Ditto It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about making music together?' because maybe I'm afraid of rejection or I don't want to put anybody out. It's the Southerner in me, like, 'I don't mean to bother you but do you mind making a song?'
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Adrienne Rich Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women.
    Adrienne Rich
    American Poet (1929 - 2012)
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  • Abba Eban Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
    Abba Eban
    Israeli diplomat and politician (1915 - 2002)
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  • Albert Ellis People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
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  • Simone de Beauvoir Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.
    Simone de Beauvoir
    French writer and philosopher (1908 - 1986)
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