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title: "Top Denial Lines"
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> [One of the stupidest mistake in life is thinking that the person who hurt you won't hurt you again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-prakash-ray/one-of-the-stupidest-mistake-in-life-is-thinking-that-the-person-who/)

[Anurag Prakash Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-prakash-ray/)

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> [“To believe something is to believe that it is true. And to believe that it is true entails believing that its denial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-werther/to-believe-something-is-to-believe-that-it-is-true-and-to-believe/)

[David Werther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-werther/)

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> [Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anwar-sadat/let-there-be-no-more-war-or-bloodshed-between-arabs-and-israelis-let/)

[Anwar Sadat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anwar-sadat/)

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> [We need to not be in denial about what we've done, what we've come through. It will help us if we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/we-need-to-not-be-in-denial-about-what-we-ve-done-what-we-ve-come/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [Facing the truth can be one of the worst things you could encounter. You don't like to live in the reality of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pellegrino/facing-the-truth-can-be-one-of-the-worst-things-you-could-encounter/)

[Dan Pellegrino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pellegrino/)

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> [Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-koestler/habit-is-the-denial-of-creativity-and-the-negation-of-freedom-a-self/)

[Arthur Koestler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-koestler/)

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> [“Don’t bore me with the facts, because once I’m finally forced to face them I will find myself desperately wishing that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/don-t-bore-me-with-the-facts-because-once-i-m-finally-forced-to-face/)

[Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/)

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> [Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-besant/refusal-to-believe-until-proof-is-given-is-a-rational-position-denial/)

[Annie Besant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-besant/)

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> [...So Englishmen saw it. Lincoln's insincerity was regarded as proven by two things: his earlier denial of any lawful right or wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-vanauken/so-englishmen-saw-it-lincoln-s-insincerity-was-regarded-as-proven-by/)

[Sheldon Vanauken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-vanauken/)

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> [It's an incredible dilemma to be an artist of color and to always be in denial about that, saying, 'I'm a choreographer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-byrd/it-s-an-incredible-dilemma-to-be-an-artist-of-color-and-to-always-be/)

[Donald Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-byrd/)

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> [Nothing is of its nature evil, and nothing is of its nature good. Evil is only excess, good is simply balance. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-parsons/nothing-is-of-its-nature-evil-and-nothing-is-of-its-nature-good-evil/)

John Parsons

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> [“ If I don't read page ninety, it won't have happened to them. Black Beauty will still live with all his friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-hambly/if-i-don-t-read-page-ninety-it-won-t-have-happened-to-them-black/)

[Barbara Hambly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-hambly/)

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> [“Maintain a belief system that admits that all things are possible for those responsible to have them done. It's nothing to deny;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/maintain-a-belief-system-that-admits-that-all-things-are-possible-for/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [“Denial is commonly found among persons with dissociative disorders. My favorite quotation from such a client is, "We are not multiple, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/denial-is-commonly-found-among-persons-with-dissociative-disorders-my/)

[Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/)

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> [But to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals which you-the social reformers-see, but they may not, is to deny their human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaiah-berlin/but-to-manipulate-men-to-propel-them-toward-goals-which-you-the/)

[Isaiah Berlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaiah-berlin/)

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> [You don't need the painful memories, because either you've resolved them. Denying always makes them want to come back. Denial is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-rampling/you-don-t-need-the-painful-memories-because-either-you-ve-resolved/)

[Charlotte Rampling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-rampling/)

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> [“Being in a state of denial is a universally human response to situations which threaten to overwhelm. People who were abused as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-e-olson/being-in-a-state-of-denial-is-a-universally-human-response-to/)

Sarah E. Olson

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> [Many spiritual people are involved in a radical denial of what is happening. They want to transcend it, get rid of it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/many-spiritual-people-are-involved-in-a-radical-denial-of-what-is/)

[Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/)

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> [Only a law-order which holds to the primacy of God's law can bring forth true freedom, freedom for justice, truth, and godly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/only-a-law-order-which-holds-to-the-primacy-of-god-s-law-can-bring/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

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> [Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha was always being left when she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-stein/melanctha-herbert-was-always-losing-what-she-had-in-all-the-things/)

[Gertrude Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-stein/)

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> [People are in denial all the time, hiding things. If I tell you a racist or dirty joke and you laugh, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-landau/people-are-in-denial-all-the-time-hiding-things-if-i-tell-you-a/)

[Martin Landau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-landau/)

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> [I ask myself a lot how other women can be against the ideology that has to do with women empowering other women.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-valenti/i-ask-myself-a-lot-how-other-women-can-be-against-the-ideology-that/)

[Jessica Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-valenti/)

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> [I fear that the impact of university censorship and university denial of due process will be to mis-educate a generation of students…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-dershowitz/i-fear-that-the-impact-of-university-censorship-and-university-denial/)

[Alan Dershowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-dershowitz/)

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> [Most governments have been based, practically, on the denial of equal rights of menours began, by affirming those rights. They said, some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/most-governments-have-been-based-practically-on-the-denial-of-equal/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [“How do I validate him in the face of such profound personal loss and the outrageous denial by the medical community?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-dimmock/how-do-i-validate-him-in-the-face-of-such-profound-personal-loss-and/)

[Mary Dimmock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-dimmock/)

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> [The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-t-munger/the-habit-of-saving-is-itself-an-education-it-fosters-every-virtue/)

[Thornton T. Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-t-munger/)

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> [Anyone who would tackle our current addiction to fossil fuels is going to have to maneuver around denial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-calvin/anyone-who-would-tackle-our-current-addiction-to-fossil-fuels-is/)

[William H. Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-calvin/)

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> [I wonder which one is harder accepting your fate and living with it or living in denial the rest of your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gu-family-book/i-wonder-which-one-is-harder-accepting-your-fate-and-living-with-it/)

Gu Family Book

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> [I always felt you could age with style and grace, or you could age in denial and hold on to issues and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kali-uchis/i-always-felt-you-could-age-with-style-and-grace-or-you-could-age-in/)

[Kali Uchis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kali-uchis/)

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> [My parents are really well intended, and I think their way of dealing with things is denial and guilt. Nobody wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teri-hatcher/my-parents-are-really-well-intended-and-i-think-their-way-of-dealing/)

[Teri Hatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teri-hatcher/)

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> [I will close my eyes and when I open them, I pray you'll be there, that all of this is just a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaylynn-thompson/i-will-close-my-eyes-and-when-i-open-them-i-pray-you-ll-be-there-that/)

[Kaylynn Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaylynn-thompson/)

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> [Neither of us can come to either a knowledge of God, or a denial of God by our scientific research.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/neither-of-us-can-come-to-either-a-knowledge-of-god-or-a-denial-of/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

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> [There is not one text reference to characteristic Protestant religious life in these books... The dominant theme is the denial of religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-vitz/there-is-not-one-text-reference-to-characteristic-protestant/)

[Paul Vitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-vitz/)

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> [Last night I told myself I wasn't in love with you,then I closed my eyes and saw you in my dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-bakang/last-night-i-told-myself-i-wasn-t-in-love-with-you-then-i-closed-my/)

Gloria Bakang

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> [Hope is what keeps you going, but hope keeps you focused on the future, and this continued focus perpetuates your denial of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/hope-is-what-keeps-you-going-but-hope-keeps-you-focused-on-the-future/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/i-think-most-of-the-art-now-is-involved-with-a-denial-of-any-kind-of/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

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> [pornography is a direct denial of the power of the erotic, for it represents the suppression of true feeling. Pornography emphasizes sensation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/pornography-is-a-direct-denial-of-the-power-of-the-erotic-for-it/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [Anything you believe you have to do or become before you can be free is a denial and distraction from the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cohen/anything-you-believe-you-have-to-do-or-become-before-you-can-be-free/)

[Alan Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cohen/)

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> [The solution is not to suppress or deny our negative thoughts and emotions, but to heal and transform them, for they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senora-roy/the-solution-is-not-to-suppress-or-deny-our-negative-thoughts-and/)

[Senora Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senora-roy/)

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> [The denial of contemporary genius is the rule rather than the exception. No one counts the eagles in the nest, till there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/the-denial-of-contemporary-genius-is-the-rule-rather-than-the/)

[Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/)

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                        "text": "...So Englishmen saw it. Lincoln's insincerity was regarded as proven by two things: his earlier denial of any lawful right or wish to free the slaves; and, especially, his not freeing the slaves in 'loyal' Kentucky and other United States areas or even in Confederate areas occupied by United States troops, such as New Orleans.",
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                        "text": "Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha was always being left when she was not leaving others. Melanctha Herbert always loved too hard and much too often. She was always full with mystery and subtle movements and denials and vague distrusts and complicated disillusions. Then Melanctha would be sudden and impulsive and unbounded in some faith, and then she would suffer and be strong in her repression. Melanctha Herbert was always seeking rest and quiet and always she could only find new ways to be in trouble.",
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