The Road to Success is Paved with Failure 
Subtitle: How Hundreds of Famous People Triumphed Over Inauspicious Beginnings, Crushing Rejection, Humiliating Defeats and Other Speed Bumps Along Life's Highway
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: April 25, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780316611169
Subjects: Humour collections & anthologies; Biography & Autobiography; Psychology; American English; Biography/Autobiography; Affirmations; Personal Growth - General; Personal Growth - Success; Biography & Autobiography / Rich & Famous; Motivational & Inspirational; Rich & Famous; Miscellanea; Psychological aspects; Success
First sentence: Marilyn Monroe was dropped in 1947 by Twentieth Century-Fox after one year under contract because production chief Darryl Zanuck thought she was unattractive.