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> [To have privilege in one or more areas does not mean you are wholly privileged. Surrendering to the acceptance of privilege is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/to-have-privilege-in-one-or-more-areas-does-not-mean-you-are-wholly/)

[Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/)

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> [Political parties often take advantage of denial and fear in a moment of change. This is a well understood phenomenon that often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graciela-chichilnisky/political-parties-often-take-advantage-of-denial-and-fear-in-a-moment/)

[Graciela Chichilnisky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graciela-chichilnisky/)

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> [Failure to handle psychological denial is a common way for people to go broke: you have made an enormous commitment to something.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-munger/failure-to-handle-psychological-denial-is-a-common-way-for-people-to/)

[Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-munger/)

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> [“I find it disturbing that one anthropologist's readings of transcripts are being listened to more seriously than 40 senior health service clinicians.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-sinason/i-find-it-disturbing-that-one-anthropologist-s-readings-of/)

[Valerie Sinason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-sinason/)

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> [In psychoanalysis as in art, God resided in the details, the discovery of which required enormous patience, unyielding seriousness, and the skill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-perelman-rossner/in-psychoanalysis-as-in-art-god-resided-in-the-details-the-discovery/)

[Judith Perelman Rossner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-perelman-rossner/)

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> [To live fixated on the future is to engage in psychological denial. It is a form of psychic violence that prepares us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/to-live-fixated-on-the-future-is-to-engage-in-psychological-denial-it/)

[bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/)

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> [The episcopal church was destined, inevitably, to grow further and further away from the Christian teaching of poverty and denial of worldly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-herrin/the-episcopal-church-was-destined-inevitably-to-grow-further-and/)

[Judith Herrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-herrin/)

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> [Farts come from no one and nowhere; they are anonymous emanations that belong to the group as a whole, and even when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/farts-come-from-no-one-and-nowhere-they-are-anonymous-emanations-that/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [Once you're labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination - employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-alexander/once-you-re-labeled-a-felon-the-old-forms-of-discrimination/)

[Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-alexander/)

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> [Religion is a belief in invisible beings, inaudible voices, intangible entities, undetectable forces, and events and judgments that happen after we die.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greta-christina/religion-is-a-belief-in-invisible-beings-inaudible-voices-intangible/)

[Greta Christina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greta-christina/)

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> [“Denial returned, like a nagging cough you can never quite shake. Actually, it was always close at hand, and even though "satanic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/denial-returned-like-a-nagging-cough-you-can-never-quite-shake/)

[Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/)

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> [Every acceptance of suffering is an acceptance of that which exists. The denial of every form of suffering can result in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothee-solle/every-acceptance-of-suffering-is-an-acceptance-of-that-which-exists/)

[Dorothee Solle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothee-solle/)

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> [“Other times there’s a form of denial at work. Circuitous routes, extensive security checks, an ongoing internal dialogue consisting of If I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eisler/other-times-there-s-a-form-of-denial-at-work-circuitous-routes/)

[Barry Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eisler/)

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> [I suppose I like certainty as much as anyone else, but I also feel that the hidden costs are high, that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-d-ambrosio/i-suppose-i-like-certainty-as-much-as-anyone-else-but-i-also-feel/)

[Charles D'Ambrosio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-d-ambrosio/)

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> [It's easy to assume people are conforming when we witness them all choosing the same option, but when we choose that very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheena-iyengar/it-s-easy-to-assume-people-are-conforming-when-we-witness-them-all/)

[Sheena Iyengar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheena-iyengar/)

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> [“At cocktail parties, I played the part of a successful businessman's wife to perfection. I smiled, I made polite chit-chat, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/at-cocktail-parties-i-played-the-part-of-a-successful-businessman-s/)

[Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/)

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> [The parallelism, or denial of any causation between mind and body, derives basically, and fallaciously, from a theory of substances as having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/the-parallelism-or-denial-of-any-causation-between-mind-and-body/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

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> [The president has to project to the American people a sense of demanding idealism. Idealism which is not based in self-indulgence, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-brzezinski/the-president-has-to-project-to-the-american-people-a-sense-of/)

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

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> [Work on your stony qualities and become resplendent like the ruby. Practice self-denial and accept difficulty. Always see infinite life in letting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/work-on-your-stony-qualities-and-become-resplendent-like-the-ruby/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

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> [We're all in denial from time to time. We all see things that are too painful to really deal with. But this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-specter/we-re-all-in-denial-from-time-to-time-we-all-see-things-that-are-too/)

[Michael Specter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-specter/)

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> [As a country, we are in a state of denial about issues of race and racism. And too many of our leaders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lani-guinier/as-a-country-we-are-in-a-state-of-denial-about-issues-of-race-and/)

[Lani Guinier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lani-guinier/)

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> [“The self-centered man will always expect nothing but praise. He will hope and expect all incoming criticism to be mere self-projection from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/criss-jami/the-self-centered-man-will-always-expect-nothing-but-praise-he-will/)

[Criss Jami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/criss-jami/)

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> [If the world had two gods, it would surely go to ruin-this is the first premise. Now it is known that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-ghazali/if-the-world-had-two-gods-it-would-surely-go-to-ruin-this-is-the/)

[Al-Ghazali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-ghazali/)

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> [“People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually recurring death of their innocence; people who forget court another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-who-remember-court-madness-through-pain-the-pain-of-the/)

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

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> [Get through the moment. Avoid confrontation. Run away. That's pretty much how we get through our own lives, watching television. Smoking crap.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/get-through-the-moment-avoid-confrontation-run-away-that-s-pretty/)

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

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> [“The human brain can protect us from seeing and feeling what it believes may be too uncomfortable for us to tolerate. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bandy-x-lee/the-human-brain-can-protect-us-from-seeing-and-feeling-what-it/)

[Bandy X Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bandy-x-lee/)

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> [Poetry is often very critical of the culture from which it emerges. Quite often literary critics of a nationalist bent talk up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-longley/poetry-is-often-very-critical-of-the-culture-from-which-it-emerges/)

[Edna Longley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-longley/)

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> [“Until this point Tiffany had assumed that abusers... must live in denial. If not, how could they go on? How could you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/until-this-point-tiffany-had-assumed-that-abusers-must-live-in-denial/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [Remember that you will never reach a higher standard than you yourself set. Then set your mark high, and step by step,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-g-white/remember-that-you-will-never-reach-a-higher-standard-than-you/)

[Ellen G. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-g-white/)

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> [“A man who denies his past is a man who truly denies himself a future, for he refuses to know himself, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobsha-learner/a-man-who-denies-his-past-is-a-man-who-truly-denies-himself-a-future/)

[Tobsha Learner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobsha-learner/)

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> [Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/being-a-parent-has-taught-me-a-lot-of-things-already-you-know-though/)

[Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/)

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> [Is Guinea prepared? And that's the question because of course these three countries had very, very weak health institutions. Many people had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ofeibea-quist-arcton/is-guinea-prepared-and-that-s-the-question-because-of-course-these/)

[Ofeibea Quist-Arcton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ofeibea-quist-arcton/)

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> [“Yet when the denial becomes so complete that we live under what amounts to a tyranny of not seeing and not speaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-kleinman/yet-when-the-denial-becomes-so-complete-that-we-live-under-what/)

[Arthur Kleinman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-kleinman/)

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> [We must go through a natural revolution if we are to survive on earth. We need to change people's perceptions. If there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-turner/we-must-go-through-a-natural-revolution-if-we-are-to-survive-on-earth/)

[Ted Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-turner/)

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> [Some people have their marriages annulled, which means they never existed. Boy, talk about denial! What do you say when people see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-leifer/some-people-have-their-marriages-annulled-which-means-they-never/)

[Carol Leifer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-leifer/)

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> [I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-s-patton/i-wonder-if-i-could-have-been-here-before-as-i-drive-up-the-roman/)

[George S. Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-s-patton/)

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> [I think many Dutch just don't know the history of Black Pete, that he is rooted in slavery, and how he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-think-many-dutch-just-don-t-know-the-history-of-black-pete-that-he/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

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> [“I can no longer deny that bad things happened to me. I can’t be absolutely sure what happened to me, or who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-spring/i-can-no-longer-deny-that-bad-things-happened-to-me-i-can-t-be/)

[Carolyn Spring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-spring/)

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> [Through the oncoming storm and the days past its wake, spending the eternity it takes to to serve my penance. No wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leilani-spencer-goodsir/through-the-oncoming-storm-and-the-days-past-its-wake-spending-the/)

[Leilani Spencer-Goodsir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leilani-spencer-goodsir/)

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> [It is a mournful fact that most men, and indeed all men of worldly character, have so much regard to public opinion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-grandison-finney/it-is-a-mournful-fact-that-most-men-and-indeed-all-men-of-worldly/)

[Charles Grandison Finney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-grandison-finney/)

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                        "text": "Get through the moment. Avoid confrontation. Run away. That's pretty much how we get through our own lives, watching television. Smoking crap. Self-medicating. Redirecting our own attention. Jacking off. Denial.",
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