Pastoral Resources

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting.

I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, 'Don't you want to have a normal job and a normal family?' I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act.

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

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 way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?

Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.

An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information.

A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.

You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.

It is on the acceptance or rejection of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, in its ultimate Essence, that mainly rests the belief or unbelief in the existence around us of other conscious beings besides the Spirits of the Dead.

You put yourself on the line as a performer, and when people reject you, it's a personal rejection.

Everything is a rejection of you, not your product, or your script, or a cosmetic. It's you.

I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long.

There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.

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.

Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.

Being an actor is mostly about rejection and being out of work. It was a fast lesson in all of that stuff.