"Well, I have to tell your publisher something."
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writer, writers, author, authors, novelist, novelists, balloon, balloon, deflated, deflation, deflated balloon, deflated balloons, publish, publishers, fail, failed, failing, writers block, writer's block, uninspired, inspiration, depressed, depression, depressive, depressives, failure, failures, let down, let downs, let-down, let-downs"Don't think of it as getting fired. Think of it as finally being recognized for your incompetence."
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incompetence, incompetent, fired, laid off, let go, made redundant, redundant, redundancy, unemployed, unemployment, lost job, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, hiring manager, hiring managers, outsource, outsourcing, outsourced, recognition, fail, failure, failed, failing, bad employee, employee, employees, ex employee, ex employees, employer, employers, making cuts, budget cuts, office, officesSurprise Party
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surprise, surprises, bad news, ugly surprise, ugly surprises, pregnancy, fail, fails, failing, failure, failures, cancer, malignant, malignancy, divorce, divorces, surprise party, surprise parties, birthday party, birthday parties, flunk, flunks, fired, firing, firings, unexpected, news, shock, shocks, shocking, surprising, unfortunateFailures.
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failing, failure, failures, pavlov, experiment, experiments, behavior, behaviour, classical conditioning, conditioning, animal, animals, pet, pets, cat, cats, bird, birds, plant, plants, houseplant, houseplants"I'm listing my deadlines by due date so I can miss them in chronological order."
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deadline, deadlines, paperwork, due date, due dates, procrastinate, procrastination, procrastinating, lazy, laziness, chronological order, shirk, shirking, irresponsible, irresponsibility, business woman, business women, businesswoman, businesswomen, businessperson, businessperson, business people, modern life, modern attitudes, fail, failed, failing"There's nothing wrong with the ship. We just got a better offer."
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rat, rats, ship, ships, boat, boats, sailor, sailors, cliche, cliches, rats leaving a sinking ship, low, animal, animals, insulted, insulting, insulted, insecurity, insecurities, better offer, offers, better offers, job, jobs, not good enough, shipped, failing, surprised, surprising"Is there anything I can do for extra credit, like give you money?"
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education, school, schools, schooling, teaching, teacher, teachers, professor, professors, student, students, classroom, classrooms, class, classes, failing, bad grade, bad grades, bad mark, bad marks, extra credit, money, bribe, bribes, bribing, buy off, buyoff, payoff, bad student, bad students"I hope, Reinhardt, that you're not one of those people whose sense of self-worth is defined by their job."
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office worker, office workers, office work, office job, office jobs, job satisfaction, overworked, overwork, overworking, workaholic, workaholics, workaholism, self worth, self-worth, self-esteem, cubism, abstract art, failure, failures, failing, work life balance, work-life balance, criticise, criticising, disapprove, disapprovingYou Are Here
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business man, business men, business person, business people, businessman, businessmen, businesperson, stock, stocks, stocks and shares, stock market, stock markets, stock market crash, stock market crashes, bond, bonds, recession, recessions, double dip recessions, charts, charts, graph, graphs, stats, statistics, crash, crashes, fail, failed, failing, doing badly, you are here, locate, locating, location, locations, maps, map, city map, city maps"I know he's in here somewhere!"
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baptism, baptize, baptise, baptising, baptizing, christening, christening, drown, drowns, drowning, drop, dropped, awkward, baby, babies, child, children, infant, infants, drop, dropped, church, churches, christian, christians, font, fonts, failed, failing, baptismal font, baptismal, christened, religions, religion, christianity, priest, priest, vicar, vicars, reverend, reverends, lost, losing, loses"Yeah? Well, tell him that in this company Gandhi-like resistance wouldn't have worked for Gandhi, either."
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business, businessman, businessmen, boss, bosses, executive, executives, exec, execs, manager, managers, management, office, offices, office life, employee, employees, worker, workers, resisting, resistance, activist, activists, activism, non-violent, nonviolent, peaceful, protest, protests, protesting, civil disobedience, union, unions, strike, strikes, striking, floppy, failing, failure, failedWall Street Down
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wall street, finance, financial crash, financial crashes, stock market, stock markets, stock market crash, stock market crashes, recession, the recession, recessions, double-dip recession, double dip recession, stock exchange, stock exchange, the new york stock exchange, the new york stock exchange, shares, share, failing, failure, stats, statistics, occupy wall street, drain, drains, down the drain, failure, breakdown, breakdowns, collapse, collapses, decline, declines"Dumb it up."
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writer, writers, publications, publication, publisher, publishers, editor, editors, insult, insulting, insulted, dumb it down, dumbing it down, dumbed down, incompetent, incompetence, agent, agents, bad writer, bad writers, proof, proofs, proof reading, proof reader, proof readers, book, books, unintelligent, manuscript, manuscripts, notes, getting notes, failed, failing, failures, failure"If I've accomplished little, it's because I have giants standing on my shoulders."
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standing on the shoulders of giants, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, idiom, idioms, excuse, excuses, making excuses, bad excuse, bad excuses, life choices, career choices, accomplishments, achievement, achievements, accomplishment, failure, failures, failing, let down, let downs, let-down, let-downsFlopsy wakes up one day and suddenly realizes why she never succeeded at anything.
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flopsy, rabbit, rabbits, easter, easter bunny, easter bunnies, name, names, namesake, namesakes, flop, flops, flopping, what's in a name, whats in a name, succeed, succeeds, succeeding, success, unsuccessful, blame, blames, blaming, blame game, blame games, fate, fated, failure, failures, fail, fails, failing, career, careers, career arc, career arcs"Well, I guess the bubble has burst over at Phillips Rodny Associates."
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metaphor, metaphors, burst your bubble, business, businesses, bubble, bubbles, fail, failure, failures, failing, failed, failed business, men, businessmen, businessman, bankrupt, bankruptcy, financial bubble, finance, finances, financial, space, outer space, expression, saying, expressions, sayings, debt, debts, liquidation, liquidated, liquidate, insolvent, insolvency"She's inconsolable since Mizrahi went belly-up."
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inconsolable, belly up, goes belly up, going belly up, middle age, failure, failures, fail, fails, failing, house coat, house coats, worry, worries, worrying, fashion designer, fashion designers, fashion design, fashion designs, designer label, designer labels, going out of business, goes out of businessGenius At Midnight
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agent, agents, midnight, genius, geniuses, genius idea, genius ideas, actor, actors, failed actor, failed actors, writer, writers, failed writer, failed writers, moment of genius, failed, failing, failure, let down, let downs, let-down, let-downs, disappointment, disappointments, disappointing, drunk, drinking, drinker, drinkers, drunks"Let's just stay in and contribute to the disappointing weekend box-office."
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ticket, tickets, ticket sales, box office, box-office, box office sales, box-office sales, the box office, the box-office, film, films, new film, new films, movie, movies, new movie, new movies, weekend box office, weekend box-office, disappointing, disappointment, disappointments, disappointed, underperform, underperforming, fail, failing, failed, consumerism, consumerist, contribute, contributing, contribution, theater, theatre, theater performance, theater performances, theatre performance, theatre performances"You're the reason nations fail."
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nations, nation, fail, failure, failed, failing, youth, lazy, laziness, unmotivated, kid, kids, child, children, unwilling, unwilling to work, unemployed, unemployment, messy room, couch potato, couch potatoes, slacker, slackers, slacking, irresponsible, unreliable, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, motivational speakers, baby boomer, baby boomers"Our next award is for spectacular failure."
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trophies, trophy, award, awards, fail, failure, failed, failing, participation award, participation trophy, participation trophies, celebration, celebrating, graduate, graduation, graduates, cap and gown, graduation ceremonies, graduation ceremony, scholar, scholars, graduate, graduates, graduate, congrats, congratulations, mediocre, reward, rewarding, rewards, rewarding mediocrity"If only you could have frozen some ideas in your prolific youth."
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artist, artists, idea, ideas, having ideas, artists block, artist's block, creative block, creative people, creative person, canvas, canvases, blank canvas, blank canvases, age, ageing, getting old, painter, painters, painting, memory, memories, youth, golden youth, preserve, preservation, fail, failing, deteriorate, deteriorated, deteriorating, frustration, frustrated, frustrations