#rejects

The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects the routine use of the polygraph on its own people. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#fbi #own #people #polygraph #rejects

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. ↗

— James Baldwin

#american #any #begins #himself #his

The First Amendment rejects red tape, cover-up and double-speak. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#cover-up #first #first amendment #red #red tape

What a turnaround in sentiment 'Glee' exemplifies. It was only a few years ago that pursuing the dream of a Broadway career or cabaret stardom relegated some poor yearning dope to a lavender ghetto of losers, self-deluders, and social rejects. ↗

— James Wolcott

#broadway #cabaret #career #dope #dream

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. ↗

— Harold Wilson

#architect #cemetery #decay #human #institution

The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#clubhouse #feel #guys #how #like

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#battle #beautiful #because #gives #help