#rejected

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#american #been #great #great american #novel

For many years, our Messianic Jewish brothers and sisters have paid a great price. Other Jews have rejected them, and the Christian church would require they walk away from their traditions to fit into the Gentile culture. We must face these past wrongs. ↗

— Bill McCartney

#brothers #christian #christian church #church #culture

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

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

I'm glad I'm not bisexual. I couldn't stand being rejected by men as well as women. ↗

— Bernard Manning

#bisexual #glad #i #men #rejected

These men were wrongfully rejected, the veterans. The fighting man should never have been blamed for Vietnam. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#blamed #fighting #man #men #never

I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like. ↗

— Sting

#family #i #like #losers #rejected