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Did You Know...
Abraham Lincoln had less than five years of formal education
Lady Gaga was dropped by Island Def Jam Records after only three months
Marilyn Monroe was booted from 20th Century-Fox after producers declared her “unattractive”
Oprah was fired from one of her early anchor gigs after being labelled “unfit for TV”
Verdi was rejected from a music school in Milan because he wasn't talented enough
Project Runway winner Christian Siriano was rejected by the Fashion Institute of Technology... and then earned over a million dollars in the first two years with his fashion label
Twilight author Stephanie Meyer had nine rejections from literary agents and then a $750,000 three-book deal
