Quite a few times. By others and by myself.

Yes. I wanted to be an artist, and my father told me that I just wasn't that good. I was about 20 years old when he said that...and the crushing hurt of it made me feel as though I did not want to try. And then everything that occurred in art college seemed to ring out his words...like a bell sealing my fate.

No. Many have tried, I never let them.
I ended up doing what I wanted to do in life, regardless of others opinions, and that has been one of my biggest accomplishments.

Yes, me. I'll never put the blame on someone else and because at this age I'm presently at I'm aware of it, I won't allow history to repeat itself.