Dismissed from drama school with a note that read wasting your time. 
She's too shy to put her best foot forward. 
被戲劇學院開除,並附帶一張紙條說:"不要浪費妳的時間學表演了,對於表演者來說你太膽小了。
[Lucille Ball]露西兒·鮑爾是美國著名的喜劇女演員,在她的一生中,她一直活躍在電影、電視、舞台、電台等各種媒體上,成為了美國文化一個時代的象徵。
 
Turned down by the Decca recording company who said we don't like their  sound and guitar music is on the way out. 
迪卡唱片公司拒絕幫他們出片,因為"我們不喜歡他們的聲音而且他們的吉它音樂跟本跟不上流行"。
[The Beatles]披頭四樂團被公認為英國音樂在1960年代「英國入侵」美國的代表樂團。
 
A failed soldier, farmer and real estate agent, at 38 years old he went to work for his father as a handyman.
一個失敗的軍人,農夫和房地產銷售員,在他38歲的時候他只能回去跟他老爸一起做雜工。
[Ulysses S. Grant] 尤利西斯·S·格蘭特,生於美國俄亥俄州一個小業主的家庭,為美國軍事家、政治家,第18任總統。
 
Cut from the high school basketball team, he went home, locked himself in his room and cried. 
被高中的藍球隊開除後,他回家後把自己鎖在房裡然後抱頭痛哭。
[Michael Jordan]麥可‧傑佛瑞‧喬丹是前美國NBA職業籃球運動員。
 
Teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything and he should go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality.
老師告訴他"他學什麼都實在太笨了而且他必需去一個可以接受他天真個性的產業才有可能成功。"
[Thomas Edison] 湯瑪斯·阿爾瓦·愛迪生,美國發明家、商人,擁有眾多重要的發明專利,被傳媒授予「門洛帕克的奇才」。
 
Fired from a newspaper because he lacked imagination and had no original ideas.
被一間報社開除,因為他"缺乏想像力"和"沒有獨創的想法"。
[Walt Disney]華特迪士尼全名為華特爾·伊利亞斯·迪士尼,他是華特迪士尼公司的創始人。
 
His fiance died. He failed in business twice. He had a nervous breakdown and he was cheated in eight elections.
他經歷未婚妻過世,破產過二次,他還得了神經衰弱的病,然後他競選失敗過八次。
[Abraham Lincoln]亞伯拉罕·林肯,美國政治人物,第16任美國總統,其總統任內,美國爆發內戰,史稱南北戰爭。
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