Ladytiger
09-20-2003, 02:06 PM
I got this small, powerful quote and inspirational booklet in the mail the other day. It alos has some small stories. I thought that I would share this with you.
~After Fred Astaire's first screen test, a 1933 memo from the MGM testing director said, "Can't act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little." Astaire kept that memo over his fireplace in his Beverly Hills home.
~A relativiely unsuccessful marketer of restaurant equipment, he didn't sell his first hamburger until the age of 52. At a time when people prepare for retirement, Ray Kroc built McDonald's from a handful of hamburger stands into the world's largest food chain.
~When his older brother was killed during WWII, he first withdrew into a shell. Then he began to listen to the radio to ease his pain. Soon he was dreaming about hosting his own radio show. That led Dick Clark to start American Bandstand.
~Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper of lacking ideas. He also went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland.
~After Fred Astaire's first screen test, a 1933 memo from the MGM testing director said, "Can't act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little." Astaire kept that memo over his fireplace in his Beverly Hills home.
~A relativiely unsuccessful marketer of restaurant equipment, he didn't sell his first hamburger until the age of 52. At a time when people prepare for retirement, Ray Kroc built McDonald's from a handful of hamburger stands into the world's largest food chain.
~When his older brother was killed during WWII, he first withdrew into a shell. Then he began to listen to the radio to ease his pain. Soon he was dreaming about hosting his own radio show. That led Dick Clark to start American Bandstand.
~Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper of lacking ideas. He also went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland.