#reject

The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#democratic republic #does #for the people #german #government

Palestinian terrorism has to be rejected and condemned, yes. But it should not be translated defacto into a policy of support for a really increasingly brutal repression, colonial settlements and a new wall. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#colonial #condemned #increasingly #into #new

I think I'm extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like you're getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that. ↗

— Skeet Ulrich

#dad #extremely #feeling #getting #heart

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#agents #allow #being #discouraged #either

My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953. ↗

— Leon Uris

#best #book #cry #first #nine

I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker. ↗

— Caroline B. Cooney

#decided #got #i #quicker #rejected

You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally. ↗

— Daniel Craig

#personally #rejection #take #used #you

When we reject our origins, we become the product of whatever soil that we find ourselves planted; the colors of our leaves change as we consume borrowed nutrients with borrowed roots and, like a tree, we grow. ↗

— Mike Norton

#heritage #originality #reject #rejection #tree

I asked the girl at the coffee shop out on a date. Unfortunately she said no, probably because I asked her out to coffee.
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— Jarod Kintz

#dating #rejection #dating

There are three certainties in a writer's life: death, taxes, and rejection letters. ↗

— T.L. Rese

#rejection #writing-life #death