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When I got fired, I had a feeling of loss because Viacom had been a passionate long-term relationship. But I got my balance back. I guess it's like getting jilted by a girlfriend, a serious girlfriend. You move on.

— Tom Freston

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Getting fired was always a big deal to me. It's a bit like having someone break up with you.

— Sophia Amoruso

Eventually I became involved with somebody, and I was fired.

— Tommy Kirk

I was fired at the pinnacle of my career, on my 39th birthday. And in the year that followed, I learned that there are many psychological phases of being 'let go.'

— Mika Brzezinski

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.

— Lee Child

Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.

— Joe Torre

It's definitely a tough blow to your morale to get fired.

— Nina Jacobson

I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.

— Elinor Lipman

Sometimes I wish I could get fired.

— Matt Stone

I actually got fired from 'The O.C.'

— Wilson Bethel

Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer.

— Jose Saramago

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