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title: "Great Denial Quotations"
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> [“Denial is the inevitable consequence of those who are presented with disastrous scenarios without being offered an avenue for success. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashavan/denial-is-the-inevitable-consequence-of-those-who-are-presented-with/)

[Ashavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashavan/)

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> [We did exactly what everybody in the country did, watching it. You entered this state of sort of denials. You think, well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-sawyer/we-did-exactly-what-everybody-in-the-country-did-watching-it-you/)

[Diane Sawyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-sawyer/)

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> [If you wish to see the blessings which "God has prepared for those who love Him" (I COR 2:9), then take up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niketas-stethatos/if-you-wish-to-see-the-blessings-which-god-has-prepared-for-those-who/)

[Niketas Stethatos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niketas-stethatos/)

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> [By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? What faith,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-mason/by-these-things-examine-thyself-by-whose-rules-am-i-acting-in-whose/)

[Jackie Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackie-mason/)

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> [Anarchism, to me, means not only the denial of authority, not only a new economy, but a revision of the principles of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/anarchism-to-me-means-not-only-the-denial-of-authority-not-only-a-new/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

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> [I think it is a duty I owe to my profession and to my sex to show that a woman has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-brooks/i-think-it-is-a-duty-i-owe-to-my-profession-and-to-my-sex-to-show-2/)

[Harriet Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-brooks/)

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> [The planet is heating; the climate is changing. We know this. We have not just one scientist, or two, but thousands screaming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-mazin/the-planet-is-heating-the-climate-is-changing-we-know-this-we-have/)

[Craig Mazin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-mazin/)

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> [A recent study by David Green and Laura Casper, 'Delay, Denial and Dilution,' written for the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs, concludes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/a-recent-study-by-david-green-and-laura-casper-delay-denial-and/)

[Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/)

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> [Eating, sleeping, cleaning - the years no longer rise up toward heaven, they lie spread out ahead, gray and identical. The battle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/eating-sleeping-cleaning-the-years-no-longer-rise-up-toward-heaven/)

[Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/)

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> [The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-wurtzel/the-measure-of-our-mindfulness-the-touchstone-for-sanity-in-this/)

[Elizabeth Wurtzel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-wurtzel/)

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> [“Debbie Nathan also puts a great deal of weight on a letter from Shirley Mason to Dr. Wilbur stating that her MPD…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-a-ross/debbie-nathan-also-puts-a-great-deal-of-weight-on-a-letter-from/)

[Colin A. Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-a-ross/)

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> [And that is what is behind the abrupt rise in climate change denial among hardcore conservatives: they have come to understand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-klein/and-that-is-what-is-behind-the-abrupt-rise-in-climate-change-denial/)

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

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> [“As a single case from half a century ago, Sybil Exposed cannot tell us anything about the reliability, validity, etiology, epidemiology, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-a-ross/as-a-single-case-from-half-a-century-ago-sybil-exposed-cannot-tell-us/)

[Colin A. Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-a-ross/)

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> [“Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/denial-is-a-critical-part-of-the-human-coping-mechanism-without-it-we/)

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

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> [It wasn’t government that gave us nearly 50 million uninsured Americans and denials for pre-existing conditions. It wasn’t government that gave us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-waldman/it-wasn-t-government-that-gave-us-nearly-50-million-uninsured/)

[Paul Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-waldman/)

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> [“Dr. Lois Jolyon West was cleared at Top Secret for his work on MKULTRA. West's numerous connections to the mind control network…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-a-ross/dr-lois-jolyon-west-was-cleared-at-top-secret-for-his-work-on-mkultra/)

[Colin A. Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-a-ross/)

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> [Positive secularism is not tolerance of all religions, but it is the total denial of religious beliefs: it is the emergence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goparaju-ramachandra-rao/positive-secularism-is-not-tolerance-of-all-religions-but-it-is-the/)

[Goparaju Ramachandra Rao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goparaju-ramachandra-rao/)

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> [It is in these acts called trivialities that the seeds of joy are forever wasted, until men and women look round with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/it-is-in-these-acts-called-trivialities-that-the-seeds-of-joy-are/)

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

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> [ \[I think there are a lot of Americans who are very scared \] that Donald Trump and his campaign, or his future… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/i-think-there-are-a-lot-of-americans-who-are-very-scared-that-donald/)

[E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/)

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> [Factory farming isn't just killing: It is negation, a complete denial of the animal as a living being with his or her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-scully/factory-farming-isn-t-just-killing-it-is-negation-a-complete-denial/)

[Matthew Scully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-scully/)

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> [American culture is one that is so easily in denial. We have such a strange dichotomy, so hypocritical. The truth can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/american-culture-is-one-that-is-so-easily-in-denial-we-have-such-a/)

[RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/)

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> [In the end I got a major newspaper in South East Asia to buy a whistleblower's account for a ludicrous bunch of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clare-rewcastle-brown/in-the-end-i-got-a-major-newspaper-in-south-east-asia-to-buy-a/)

[Clare Rewcastle Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clare-rewcastle-brown/)

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> [I think the US is in a terrible state of denial. Worse than that, we seem to be caught in a kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-stanley-robinson/i-think-the-us-is-in-a-terrible-state-of-denial-worse-than-that-we/)

[Kim Stanley Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-stanley-robinson/)

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> [Im afraid you can temporarily become Insane Find whats really stopped you in life and the obvious that you are in denial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samara-visser/im-afraid-you-can-temporarily-become-insane-find-whats-really-stopped/)

[Samara Visser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samara-visser/)

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> [The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-wiesenthal/the-schools-would-fail-through-their-silence-the-church-through-its/)

[Simon Wiesenthal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-wiesenthal/)

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> [American Empire- it is an empire that lacks the drive to export its capital, its people and its culture to those backward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niall-ferguson/american-empire-it-is-an-empire-that-lacks-the-drive-to-export-its/)

[Niall Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niall-ferguson/)

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> [As far as implying that we know what we're doing, that we have perspective enough - by diving fully into something it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/as-far-as-implying-that-we-know-what-we-re-doing-that-we-have/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/)

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> [That certain snobbery of certainly the Parisian - combined with a complete denial of your historical legacy, is just awful. That's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/that-certain-snobbery-of-certainly-the-parisian-combined-with-a/)

[Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/)

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> [“Rejection was to be rejection but not denial, as reception was to be reception but not subservience. Both methods, the Affirmative Way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-williams/rejection-was-to-be-rejection-but-not-denial-as-reception-was-to-be/)

[Charles Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-williams/)

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> [What a denial of our humanity that at the centers of power, where decisions are made, there is no room for nurturing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/what-a-denial-of-our-humanity-that-at-the-centers-of-power-where/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

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> [“Denial, when one was accused, was a life force, and would trump any desire to confess. Perhaps this was the animal strength…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorrie-moore/denial-when-one-was-accused-was-a-life-force-and-would-trump-any/)

[Lorrie Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorrie-moore/)

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> [Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/because-after-you-ve-crossed-some-lines-you-just-keep-crossing-them/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [ A \[Jewish\] woman could not divorce her husband, but she could petition for divorce, and the religious courts could force him to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israel-shenker/a-jewish-woman-could-not-divorce-her-husband-but-she-could-petition/)

[Israel Shenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israel-shenker/)

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> [ And when we come to refute them, we shall show in its fitting place that this class of men \[i.e., the gnostics\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/and-when-we-come-to-refute-them-we-shall-show-in-its-fitting-place/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

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> [“I’m not going to lie, I recognized Luca’s voice almost instantly. But I was also in denial, and denial is a blissful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/i-m-not-going-to-lie-i-recognized-luca-s-voice-almost-instantly-but-i/)

[Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/)

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> [With all due respect, many in the entertainment industry are deep into mind-altering substance abuse, and when one's logic and intellectual calculating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/with-all-due-respect-many-in-the-entertainment-industry-are-deep-into/)

[Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/)

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> [Cottage cheese is one of our culture's most visible symbols of self-denial; marketed honestly, it would appear in dairy cases with warning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/cottage-cheese-is-one-of-our-culture-s-most-visible-symbols-of-self/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

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> [“Not impossible, Robert, just unthinkable. The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/not-impossible-robert-just-unthinkable-the-human-mind-has-a-primitive/)

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

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> [I think that nobody - certainly in this world - can say that they don't have the human denial element about them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-pablo-di-pace/i-think-that-nobody-certainly-in-this-world-can-say-that-they-don-t/)

[Juan Pablo Di Pace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-pablo-di-pace/)

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> [To survive you must surrender without giving in, that is to say, fully accept the reality in all its horror and never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/to-survive-you-must-surrender-without-giving-in-that-is-to-say-fully/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

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                        "text": "Eating, sleeping, cleaning - the years no longer rise up toward heaven, they lie spread out ahead, gray and identical. The battle against dust and dirt is never won. Washing, ironing, sweeping, ferreting out rolls of lint from under wardrobes - all this halting of decay is also the denial of life; for time simultaneously creates and destroys, and only its negative aspect concerns the housekeeper.",
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                        "text": "The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain and simple hold down a job. If you're still at the point when you're even just barely going through the motions--showing up at work, paying the bills--you are still okay or okay enough. A desire not to acknowledge sadness in ourselves or those close to us--better known these days as denial, is such a strong urge that plenty of people prefer to think that until you are actually flying out of a window, you don't have a problem.",
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                        "text": "And that is what is behind the abrupt rise in climate change denial among hardcore conservatives: they have come to understand that as soon as they admit that climate change is real, they will lose the central ideological battle of our time—whether we need to plan and manage our societies to reflect our goals and values, or whether that task can be left to the magic of the market.",
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