#rejected

I broke down while at Oxford, was rejected by a record number of medical tribunals during the War, and finally got permission to leave Oxford and do civilian work till the War ended. ↗

— Leonard Alfred George Strong

#civilian #down #during #ended #finally

I sent The World Well Lost to one editor who rejected it on sight, and then wrote a letter to every other editor in the field warning them against the story, and urging them to reject it on sight without reading it. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#editor #every #field #i #letter

I get mad at people who talk about traumatic job interviews, about going on one and getting rejected. I get rejected all the time and not only do I get rejected, but people have no problem being really specific about why I was rejected. ↗

— Julia Sweeney

#being #get #getting #going #i

Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#art #away #elemental #ephemeral #forbidden

The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#american people #change #choice #course #double

My feelings for you are very real" Well I thought about and I realized that my feelings for you are real too. But I also realized that I don't really have any real feelings for you. ↗

— Kady Le

#humor #mean #rejected #humor

Knowing that you're the one who's been rejected, God it makes you feel isolated. I defy anybody not to be a bit upset. I felt as though I'd walked into the house trailing all this baggage. ↗

— Anthea Turner

#baggage #been #bit #defy #feel

Well, if Democratic members in the House elect Nancy Pelosi as their leader, it's almost as if they just didn't get the message from the voters this election. I mean, the voters outright rejected the agenda that she's been about. And here they're going to put her back in charge. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#agenda #almost #back #been #charge