Turned Down Quotes

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In point of fact all Americans are automatically turned down by China these days because of the escalation of Johnson's war in Vietnam, which several times has intruded into China.

I actually turned down an opportunity for a private interview with Adolph Hitler.

I know, it's weird that I've never done a musical. I turned down two of them. 'The Lion King' and 'The Producers.' I turned two of the biggest Broadway musicals down, am I a mess?

The thing I love about live performance the most, is that the doors are closed, the lights are turned down, and the audience has to be reverential to what's happening onstage.

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

I turned down a date once because I was looking for someone a little closer to the top of the food chain.

Because - oh shut up laughing, you two - because they've just been turned down by girls they asked to the ball!

A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise.

I turned down a lot of reality shows in the past, but MTV, back in the day, was just the coolest with Cribs to Pimp My Ride.

I've turned down Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Manchester United to play here. I hope everyone already knows how much it means to me to play for Newcastle United.

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.

He wandered into the Newsroom and asked for a job the same way he’d walk into a barbershop and ask for a haircut, and with no more idea of being turned down.

I've turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It's an absolute no-go.

I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.

I've turned down a lot of arena dates because I've done the big-arena thing. Now, I want to do something where people can feel me and I can feel them.

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

Personally, I have already turned down the Downing St thermostat by 1 degree

I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'

You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses.

And I believe in the 13 years Judge Roberts was there, he never turned down a request to give some assistance on a pro-bono case, and this was no different.

It's odd to think we might have been Sun, moon and stars unto each other; Only I turned down one little street As you went up another.

I lost agents and managers because I turned down big movies that were smutty.

I turned down the lead role in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, because that idiot Oliver Stone didn't think the character should play the alto sax.

I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.

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

I often wonder how different the world would be if Hitler had not been turned down when he applied to art school.

Here's what I had: I had the arrogance of saying I'd like to be in a 'good' movie, so in fact, when I was hot, I turned down a lot of stuff because I didn't think I wanted to watch it.

I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one.

I turned down Prince William's invitation for me to sing at his birthday bash because he was spearing animals in Africa and bringing publicity to it, and I thought that was pretty disgusting!

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.

I turned down five million dollars from a lobbyist who wanted to put up $5m for my campaign, a very strong lobbyist. I said, I don't want your money.

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

The writer's no different. When he's rejected, that paper is rejected, in a sense, a sizeable fragment of the writer is rejected as well. It's a piece of himself that's being turned down.

Never quit. My book, Chicken Soup for the Soul, was turned down by 33 publishers. It's since sold millions of copies.

I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.

I never turned down a mother role.

I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.

I know that I will always regret it later in life if I had turned down the chance to play at another great club like Real Madrid...

And I hear nothing because it's like the volume button has been turned down on our lives and nobody has anything to say anymore." "I want to be an adjective again. But I am a noun.

I've turned down shows offering large amounts of money.

I got turned down for a million jobs until I got my first movie with Francis [Ford Coppola].

The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I'm not confident there will be any takers.

I have turned down so many major advertising bids because I think either the time isn't right or I'm not.

Bo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn't remember the lines.

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.

I've been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I've later regretted.

I've turned down lots and lots of work. Things that could have made me some money.

Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.

I turned down Short Circuit 2 too and I now wish I hadn't. Sequels are a lot of fun and you get to hang out with all your friends.

I am not a rock producer. I don't see that. I once turned down Guns N' Roses. I don't like shouting. I'm a melody guy. I love great melody.