"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."

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Source : "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. August 2, 2007.

Beth Ditto

#Growing Up Quotes #Kids Quotes #Rejection Quotes

“Man can change his destiny-not by wishing for it, but by working for it.”
“Life is so endlessly delicious”
“Each is responsible for his own actions.”

Source : H. L. Hunt (1965). “Hunt for truth”
“More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.”
“I have never gone out to mingle with the world without losing something of myself.”
“I hate cynicism - it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere.”
“Actually, I've never thought myself as being a particularly hard worker. I've always worked, and I guess my mind is busy all the time. I've been in a lot of things just because of my own intellectual curiosity.”
“Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The intern who answered the phone suggested that I might be a great candidate for the Travel and Training fund, and she sent me an application form. I applied for a grant. With the funds I was awarded, I bought a new pair of skates and a plane ticket to the 1988 National Championships, where I achieved my highest national finish. Four years later, I won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.”

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