"Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues……" — James Lee Burke
"Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work."
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55 Quotes by James Lee Burke
James Lee Burke has 55 quotes on this site.
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There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.
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We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent…
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I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and…
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Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game. I don't know if you ever…
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...and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the…
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Is there a design in the events of our lives? Or do things just happen, much like a junk yard…
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That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can…
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When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your…
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There is no higher form of artistic expression then film
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But the participants [in war] never forgot the details of their experience, and like the Wandering Jew, they were condemned…
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I believe the causes that create them [serial killers] are theological in nature, rather than societal. I believe they make…
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We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others.
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More Dues Quotes
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How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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The unions claim the deck is stacked against them when it comes to labor laws, but the truth is many…
— Linda Chavez
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I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say…
— Maya Angelou
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The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings.
— Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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I remember with strong feelings the families who joined our movement and paid dues long before there was any hope…
— Cesar Chavez
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The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or…
— Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to…
— Elisabeth Rohm
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Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years.
— Alex Haley
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Now a Jew, in the dictionary, is one who is descended from the ancient tribes of Judea, or one who…
— Lenny Bruce
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Slow and steady wins the race, and I believe in paying your dues.
— Amanda Bynes
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No one ever sees the sleepless nights, the years of studying and 14-hour days earning your dues. I spent three…
— Kunal Nayyar
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People think that I reached the top overnight; well, it took me fourteen years. I was twenty-nine before I really…
— Larry Holmes
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