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This famous singer was 9 years old when she lost on a televison talent show called Star Search.
Beyonce
This famous childrens authors first book was rejected 28 times
Dr. Seuss. By the time of his death in 1991 he had sold over 600 million copies of his books.
This famous athlete was passed up for the varsity team while in high school and has the famous quote-
”I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Michael Jordan- member of the Chicago Bulls and won 6 championships.
This famous president lost 4 different bids to get a job in government before he was elected to the House of Representatives.
President Abraham Lincoln. He's the one on the penny and $5 bill.
This famous author's book was rejected from all 12 major publishers. She is famously known for coming up with the idea on a train.
J.K. Rowling. Author of the Harry Potter series and the first author to become a billionaire through book writing.
This inventors traffic hardware device failed when he presented it to the traffic supervisor, making his first business fail before it even began.
Bill Gates. Co founder of Microsoft and really really really really really really really really really really really really really really rich guy.
This famous filmmaker was rejected by two movie studios when he presented his Sci-Fi movie.
George Lucas and the movie he presented was Star Wars which went on to become the highest grossing (money making) films of all time.
This famous horror author got rejected so much he had a nail on his wall full of his rejection letters. he eventually had so many the nail couldn't hold the weight of all the paper and he put a spike up instead. he got so frustrated eventually his wife pulled out one of his manuscripts (books) out of the trash and encouraged him to continue.
Stephen King and the book his wife pulled out of the trash was Carrie.
This famous animator was fired for lacking imagination and creative ideas.
WALT DISNEY!!!!!