#rejected

I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#i #life #notion #race #rejected

When I was heavier, I danced and I jumped out of planes. I've always rejected the idea that there's a certain look or size that makes it acceptable to live life. ↗

— Kathy Najimy

#always #certain #danced #heavier #i

For every successful actor or actress, there are countless numbers who don't make it. The name of the game is rejection. You go to an audition and you're told you're too tall or you're too Irish or your nose is not quite right. You're rejected for your education, you're rejected for this or that and it's really tough. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#actress #audition #countless #education #every

If I get rejected for a part, I pick myself up and say, 'OK, not today, maybe tomorrow I'll get this other part or something.' ↗

— Liam Neeson

#i #maybe #myself #ok #other

Eudora Welty's 'A Curtain of Green' had an enormous effect on me. But my early attempts to graft stories from the Deep South onto North of England provincialism were not successful. All were rejected. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#curtain #deep #deep south #early #effect

At this point in my career, I don't have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things. My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick. ↗

— Al Pacino

#career #children #deal #feel #get

The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#been #changed #considered #conventional #done

We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount. ↗

— Omar N. Bradley

#grasped #mount #mystery #rejected #sermon

It's kind of weird, because I look at myself as just a normal person. My friends get rejected all the time, so why shouldn't I? I don't think I'm anything special. ↗

— Nick Carter

#because #friends #get #i #just

Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but they oppose helping the working poor to earn a decent income. ↗

— Mark Dayton

#breaks #decent #earn #helping #income