He was also perhaps the most indefatigable seeker of the presidency in U.S. history; although he was never nominated, he made himself "available" in all eight campaigns from 1832 through 1860.
Surprisingly, although he won many awards, including several Baftas, he was never nominated for an acting Oscar.
Although he has been the United States attorney since December 2003, he was never nominated by President Bush or ratified by the Senate.
Unlike Ridley, he was never nominated for an Oscar.
New show Better Call Saul, which did better than expected, also has Bob Odenkirk to add to its tally, even though he never got nominated for playing the same character on Breaking Bad.
Unlike the Democrats, he argues, the Republicans have never nominated an outsider.
(I suspect that if Geithner were never nominated for Treasury, he never would have paid the bill).
Undervalued in his time, he was the only one of the four principals never nominated for an Emmy (as an actor -- he won as a producer).
He does not give poetry readings; he does not appear in anthologies and is never nominated for prizes; his books have Captain Beefheart-like titles such as Her Weasels Wild Returning and Streak~~~Willing~~~Entourage~~~Artesian; he attracts acolytes and execrators, rather than run-of-the-mill readers, and, most important, no one knows what any of it means.
Resnais was never nominated for an Oscar, though he did receive a string of awards from major international film festivals, including a lifetime achievement award from Cannes in 2009.
