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

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Howard Barker, born on June 28, 1946, is a British playwright known for his profound political and social critiques. His works often explore themes of power, gender, and class. more

“So much had been surrendered! And to such little purpose! There had been mad wilful rejections, monstrous forms of self-torture and self-denial, whose origin was fear and whose result was a degradation infinitely more terrible than that fancied degradation from which, in their ignorance, they had sought to escape.”

Littles Self Form Purpose Results Ignorance Terrible Mad Denial Torture Rejection Monstrous Degradation Self-denial

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

“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.”

Darkness Despair Longing Constant Rejection Longing For Death Constant Rejection

Book:The Queen's Fool: A Novel

Source: The Queen's Fool: A Novel

“"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."”

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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.”

May Hands Artist Grows Waiting Creative Creation Rejection Reviews Creative Life

Author:Sara Zarr

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

Mets Hatred Jew Compromise Rejection Willingness Palestinian Zionist

Book:A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred

Source: A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred

“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.”

Men Mean Has Beens He Man Holy Messages Method Absurd Rejection Prophet Pretext Holy Prophet

Book:The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Source: The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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