I love this quote from Robert Allen because it really is true that failure is simply someone's interpretation of what you are doing and doesn't necessarily bear any resemblance to the truth. We are all scared of failure but when we understand that what may be to some people a door closing can also be a door opening. Take the case of Fred Astaire, it is said that when an MGM employee described his first screen test he gave a nine word report -"Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little." In fact the studio executive David O. Selznick characterized the dancer's performance that day as "Wretched!" Of course as we know, Fred Astaire went on to have an illustrious career as a dancer and inspired many dancers and choreographers who went after him from Michael Jackson to Mikhail Barishnikov.
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