Turned Down Quotes

• After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.

  George Ade

  Writing, Belief, Publishers

  Fables in Slang (1900) p. 158

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• You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful.

  Shia LaBeouf

  Successful, Yale, Want

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• I was turned down by every record label in L.A. Perseverance is three quarters of the game. Talent's only a quarter. Being able to withstand the word 'no' over and over can build you a pretty tough skin. I knew if I just kept at it, at the very least I'd get better at my craft.

  Sheryl Crow

  Perseverance, Games, Skins

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• Because of the way the business is structured, I have sometimes turned down scripts that I might otherwise have accepted had I known who was directing them.

  Jack Nicholson

  Might, Way, Scripts

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• I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I'm sad about that, but not enough to do anything about it.

  Dianne Wiest

  Kids, Priorities, Want

  "Dianne Wiest at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival". Interview with Leslie Rigoulot, www.filmscouts.com. January 20, 1996.

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• I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough.

  Joel McCrea

  Roles, Good Enough, Ability

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• I never turned down a mother role.

  Dorothy Malone

  Mother, Roles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've turned down a lot of stuff. I've read several scripts and said "That's not me, I'm not interested in doing that." It's got to be something that inspires me and captures my imagination. I want to be able to say "There's a challenge.".

  Karl Urban

  Book, Reading, Imagination

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• I have been fortunate to get some really good scripts over the years and I haven't turned down anything that I regretted so far. And my manager who I've been with for over 25 years is very good at knowing what I should and shouldn't do a lot of times.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Years, Knowing, Scripts

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• This is why I turned down multiple $Million Dollar Offers for my website. Because the positive impact you have in other lives is more important than a quick cash out.

  Joel Brown

  Impact, Important, Dollars

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• I've turned down a lot of trades where I might have gotten a better player, but I wasn't totally sure of the chemistry of that new player coming in. Even though he might possess golden ability, his personality and the way he gets along with teammates might be things you just don't want to cope with.

  Red Auerbach

  Player, Personality, Teammate

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• I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.

  Al Pacino

  Firsts, Film, Made

  Source: members.tripod.com

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• David Blunkett and I both take the same view that it is scandalous that someone from North Tyneside, Laura Spence, with the best qualifications and who wants to be a doctor, should be turned down by Oxford University using an interview system more reminiscent of the old school network and the old school tie than justice. It is about time for an end to that old Britain where what matters more are the privileges you are born with, rather than the potential you actually have.

  Gordon Brown

  School, Doctors, Views

  "Brown goes to war over Oxford elite" by Alexandra Frean, John O'Leary and Philip Webster, The Times, May 26, 2000.

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• The life insurance policies advertised on the radio with the line "You cannot be turned down for this coverage!" are actually saying, "For policies this small, it would cost us more to decide whom to turn down than simply to accept everybody - and make them pay through the nose."

  Andrew Tobias

  Cost, Noses, Lines

  "The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know". Book by Andrew Tobias, 1982.

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• I've turned down songs that would be much easier to play on the radio that I don't think should be on the album. Maybe I've shot myself in the foot.

  Jessie Ware

  Song, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Nothing that I've turned down do I feel like I should have done. Because I've generated everything I've done, I've never really considered doing something that I haven't originated myself. There are definitely things that I've been brought that someone else made good movies out of. But it's not a path I've followed, so I don't have regret.

  Noah Baumbach

  Regret, Should Have, Good Movie

  "Noah Baumbach Talks FRANCES HA, Partnership with Greta Gerwig, His DreamWorks Animated Movie, WHILE WE’RE YOUNG, and THE EMPEROR’S CHILDREN". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. May 13, 2013.

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• I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from scratch.

  Rene Redzepi

  Jobs, Scratches, Want

  "René Redzepi: the outsider" by Sabine Durrant, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2010.

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• The early part of my career I really struggled, getting turned down again and again. I was in debt, and it was horrible. And then my family hit such highs in their careers, I asked myself what I was thinking going into the same profession.

  Joely Richardson

  Thinking, Careers, Debt

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't making enough money to live on, and was beginning to think I'd have to give up the dream of being a full-time writer.

  Ian Rankin

  Dream, Giving Up, Book

  "Ian Rankin, author - portrait of the artist". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2012.

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• Im not sure which is more insulting, being offered in a trade or having it turned down.

  Claude Osteen

  Insulting, Not Sure, Trade

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• I'm only just learning what language to use when I want my microphone turned down, you know, because it's all so new to me. It can be quite difficult on a daily basis to communicate with the people I work with, so I'm just looking forward to knowing more.

  Duffy

  Knowing, People, Use

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• I've always turned down stuff where you had to be fat. I may be fat, but that's not why you play a role. If the guy has to be that way, I say get somebody else because I'm not doing any fat acting.

  Richard Griffiths

  Play, Guy, Acting

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• I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life.

  Alan Bennett

  Awards, Would Be, Knighthood

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• I've never turned down an autograph request. I've never not taken a picture with someone.

  George Hamilton

  Taken, Request, Autographs

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I never regretted what I turned down.

  Angela Lansbury

  Never Regret

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