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When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth.
Iman
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I actually turned down an opportunity for a private interview with Adolph Hitler.


Dorothy Kilgallen
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I've been offered a peerage already, and turned it down.


Richard Desmond
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Teenagers are in some ways the best readers because their imaginations haven't been narrowed down by boring things like jobs and the realities of money and capitalism.
Matt Haig
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The world that we all knew before, could wake up in feeling safe... now it seems that everything has been turned upside down.
Tori Amos
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It wasn't until I'd turned 50 and had been in the business 25 years that I realized I might actually have a career as an actor.
James Garner
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Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.


Stephen Fry
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It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain a theater actress.
Christine Baranski
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I know when I was an assistant coach and I started interviewing for head coaching jobs, I actually lost out on many jobs, several jobs, and the complaint that I got was, 'Well, he doesn't fit the mold of a head coach. He doesn't look the part. He's not gonna jump up and down. He's not going to scream.'
Tony Dungy
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No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around.


H. R. Giger
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I promised a lot of people I'd slow down when I turned 80.


Frank Gehry
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The first jolt I received in my life was when I lost my father in a motorcycle accident when I was eight. I would have been with him if he hadn't turned down my request to go out with him that afternoon.
Nobu Matsuhisa
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I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.


Elizabeth McGovern
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There are people who are surprised at my politics and being a conservative and the rest of it. But the truth of the matter is, to my knowledge, I have never been overlooked or turned down for anything that I wanted to do that was being offered to me.
Wayne Newton
I was the Playmate editor for 'Playboy' for two years. I produced two years' worth of centerfolds. I did everything on that, from picking the girls to designing the sets to picking the wardrobe, coming up with themes, assigning the photographer, down to editing the photos and approving the retouching.
Holly Madison
Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo and think it could be a limousine. I think of the roles I turned down. But then I wouldn't have had any children.
Kristin Scott Thomas
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My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.
Claire Danes
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A lot of people let me down... A lot of people I thought were my friends turned on me.


Lil' Kim
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No one came to our neighborhoods with stand-up jobs and showed us there's a different way. Maybe, had I seen different role models, maybe I'd've turned on to that.
Jay-Z
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When I first decided to open a restaurant, I was turned down by several banks. It was the late 80's and many restaurants were failing. I refused to give up because I knew I had a good concept.
Emeril Lagasse
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