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title: "Top Denial Thoughts"
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> [The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denial and stupidity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/the-most-important-fact-is-that-gays-have-been-here-since-day-one-to/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

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> [Somehow, I'm in denial about being desirable. But every time my wife tells me to shave or cut my hair or clean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dulquer-salmaan/somehow-i-m-in-denial-about-being-desirable-but-every-time-my-wife/)

[Dulquer Salmaan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dulquer-salmaan/)

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> [I see no anti-Semitic implications in denial of the existence of gas chambers, or even denial of the Holocaust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-see-no-anti-semitic-implications-in-denial-of-the-existence-of-gas/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [Christian marriage is marked by discipline and self-denial...C hristianity does not therefore depreciate marriage, it sanctifies it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/christian-marriage-is-marked-by-discipline-and-self-denial-c/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [“Attending a funeral would leave the average person insane, if they truly believed that sooner or later they are also going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/attending-a-funeral-would-leave-the-average-person-insane-if-they/)

[Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/)

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> [What I mean by "An Unspoken Hunger." It's a hunger that cannot be quelled by material things. It's a hunger that cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/what-i-mean-by-an-unspoken-hunger-it-s-a-hunger-that-cannot-be/)

[Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/)

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> [“I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/i-have-been-in-denial-for-some-time-knowingly-burning-the-candle-at/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [It's always been hard for me to tell the difference between denial and what used to be known as hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/it-s-always-been-hard-for-me-to-tell-the-difference-between-denial/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

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> [Part of what makes a situation traumatic is not talking about it. Talking reduces trauma symptoms. When we don't talk about trauma,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tian-dayton/part-of-what-makes-a-situation-traumatic-is-not-talking-about-it/)

[Tian Dayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tian-dayton/)

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> [“He hadn't "abused" alcohol, but had spent almost four years sitting in a chair drinking jug wine around the clock and looking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-sorrentino/he-hadn-t-abused-alcohol-but-had-spent-almost-four-years-sitting-in-a/)

[Gilbert Sorrentino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-sorrentino/)

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> [We Christians forget (if we ever learned) that attempts to redress real or imagined injustice by violent means are merely another exercise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/we-christians-forget-if-we-ever-learned-that-attempts-to-redress-real/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

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> [Some women are convinced that they are the same size they were 20 years ago. They also wear clothes that are too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-london/some-women-are-convinced-that-they-are-the-same-size-they-were-20/)

[Stacy London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-london/)

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> [I don't spend a huge amount of time fixated on climate denial because I don't think that their objections, though sometimes couched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/i-don-t-spend-a-huge-amount-of-time-fixated-on-climate-denial-because/)

[Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/)

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> [So much had been surrendered! And to such little purpose! There had been mad wilful rejections, monstrous forms of self-torture and self-denial,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/so-much-had-been-surrendered-and-to-such-little-purpose-there-had/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [Mighty is the force of motherhood! It transforms all things by its vital heat; it turns timidity into fierce courage, and dreadless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/mighty-is-the-force-of-motherhood-it-transforms-all-things-by-its/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“Don’t forget that when we stop allowing truth in, either because it’s painful or unflattering or inconvenient, we will wind up self-deceived.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashcraft/don-t-forget-that-when-we-stop-allowing-truth-in-either-because-it-s/)

[Mike Ashcraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashcraft/)

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> [Life is worthy of the name only when it reflects Reality in action. No university will teach you how to live so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/life-is-worthy-of-the-name-only-when-it-reflects-reality-in-action-no/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [Advertising doesn't cause addictions. But it does create a climate of denial and it contributes mightily to a belief in the quick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-kilbourne/advertising-doesn-t-cause-addictions-but-it-does-create-a-climate-of/)

[Jean Kilbourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-kilbourne/)

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> [As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism — a sort of religious denial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/as-to-the-christian-system-of-faith-it-appears-to-me-as-a-species-of/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [“For all this talk about us being a nation at war with child abuse, and for all the media hype about witch-hunts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-cheit/for-all-this-talk-about-us-being-a-nation-at-war-with-child-abuse-and/)

[Ross Cheit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-cheit/)

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> [A man who gives way to his passions is like a man who is shot by an enemy, catches the arrow in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorotheus-of-gaza/a-man-who-gives-way-to-his-passions-is-like-a-man-who-is-shot-by-an/)

[Dorotheus of Gaza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorotheus-of-gaza/)

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> [Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-brzezinski/never-before-has-a-populist-democracy-attained-international/)

[Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-brzezinski/)

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> [In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality. And the Category 5 denial is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-gore/in-the-united-states-of-america-unfortunately-we-still-live-in-a/)

[Al Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-gore/)

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> [To be brutally honest, for much of that time, I was the only person in the world with Parkinson's. Of course, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/to-be-brutally-honest-for-much-of-that-time-i-was-the-only-person-in/)

[Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/)

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> [“But the biggest problem with being fed lies about how great we are is that people won't be prepared for how evil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aron-ra/but-the-biggest-problem-with-being-fed-lies-about-how-great-we-are-is/)

[Aron Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aron-ra/)

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> [No repentance, obedience, self-denial, prayers, tears, reformation or ordinances, without the new creation, avail any thing to the salvation of thy soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/no-repentance-obedience-self-denial-prayers-tears-reformation-or/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

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> [The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/the-human-mind-has-a-primitive-ego-defense-mechanism-that-negates-all/)

[Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/)

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> [Ever had the feeling, you attempt and fight hard to take someone off your mind and off your life but each time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/ever-had-the-feeling-you-attempt-and-fight-hard-to-take-someone-off/)

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

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> [Always be true to your feelings because the more you deny what you feel, the stronger it becomes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/always-be-true-to-your-feelings-because-the-more-you-deny-what-you/)

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

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> [“...you’d be amazed at the grand tales the human brain will throw up to make sense of something nonsensical.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/you-d-be-amazed-at-the-grand-tales-the-human-brain-will-throw-up-to/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

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> [“Denial and affirmation are games which people play. There are people who deny that they are capable of denying, and who would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idries-shah/denial-and-affirmation-are-games-which-people-play-there-are-people/)

[Idries Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idries-shah/)

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> [Here I am in the state of New Mexico. George Bush is still in the state of denial. New Mexico has five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kerry/here-i-am-in-the-state-of-new-mexico-george-bush-is-still-in-the/)

[John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kerry/)

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> [“It looks like freedom but it feels like death, it's something in between I guess. It's closing time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/it-looks-like-freedom-but-it-feels-like-death-it-s-something-in/)

[Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/)

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> [Hearing loss very often is such a gradual phenomenon that the person is in denial. You really have to be patient with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-ross/hearing-loss-very-often-is-such-a-gradual-phenomenon-that-the-person/)

[Marion Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-ross/)

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> [Four D's of Disconnection: 1. Diagnosis (judgment, analysis, criticism, comparison); 2. Denial of Responsibility; 3. Demand; 4. 'Deserve' oriented language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-b-rosenberg/four-d-s-of-disconnection-1-diagnosis-judgment-analysis-criticism/)

[Marshall B. Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-b-rosenberg/)

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> [But we need to be very clear: because of our decades of collective denial, no gradual, incremental options are now available to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-klein/but-we-need-to-be-very-clear-because-of-our-decades-of-collective/)

[Naomi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-klein/)

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> [There's no denial that one's gender orientation is certainly a core characteristic of any person, but it's not the only one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/there-s-no-denial-that-one-s-gender-orientation-is-certainly-a-core/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

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> [As the nation at last confronts global warming, it is no time for denial, greed, cynicism or pessimism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/as-the-nation-at-last-confronts-global-warming-it-is-no-time-for/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

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> [To say 'I quit' brings a lot of criticism, but to get disqualified and say the ref was unfair and harsh, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulie-malignaggi/to-say-i-quit-brings-a-lot-of-criticism-but-to-get-disqualified-and/)

[Paulie Malignaggi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulie-malignaggi/)

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> [There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/there-is-no-boon-in-nature-all-the-blessings-we-enjoy-are-the-fruits/)

[William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/)

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                        "text": "As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism — a sort of religious denial of God. It professes to believe in a man rather than in God. It is a compound made up chiefly of Manism with but little Deism, and is as near to Atheism as twilight is to darkness. It introduces between man and his Maker an opaque body, which it calls a Redeemer, as the moon introduces her opaque self between the earth and the sun, and it produces by this means a religious, or an irreligious, eclipse of light. It has put the whole orbit of reason into shade.",
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                        "text": "A man who gives way to his passions is like a man who is shot by an enemy, catches the arrow in his hands, and then plunges it into his own heart. A man who is resisting his passions is like a man who is shot by an enemy, and although the arrow hits him, it does not seriously wound him because he is wearing a breastplate. But the man who is uprooting his passions is like a man who is shot by an enemy, but who strikes the arrow and shatters it or turns it back into his enemies heart.",
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                        "text": "In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality. And the Category 5 denial is an enormous obstacle to any discussion of solutions. Nobody is interested in solutions if they don't think there's a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous (global warming) is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis.",
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                        "text": "“But the biggest problem with being fed lies about how great we are is that people won't be prepared for how evil this government has already been and therefore can be again.”",
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