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"I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat."

— Sylvester Stallone

I Take Rejection As Someone Blowing

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

— Sylvester Stallone
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Stallone gave this answer in the "10 Questions for Sylvester Stallone" feature published by Time Magazine on August 23, 2010, in response to readers' questions. He has spoken extensively about rejection as a formative force in his life, particularly the repeated attempts by studios to buy his Rocky screenplay without casting him in the lead role — a demand he refused to compromise until United Artists finally agreed.

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10 Questions for Sylvester Stallone, Time Magazine, 2010

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