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title: "Great Denial Proverbs"
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> [The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-worst-lies-are-the-lies-we-tell-ourselves-we-live-in-denial-of/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [“In order to believe clients' accounts of trauma, you need to suspend any pre-conceived notions that you have about what is possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aphrodite-matsakis/in-order-to-believe-clients-accounts-of-trauma-you-need-to-suspend/)

Aphrodite Matsakis

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> [We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-redfield-jamison/we-all-build-internal-sea-walls-to-keep-at-bay-the-sadnesses-of-life-2/)

[Kay Redfield Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-redfield-jamison/)

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> [“There is a moment in our healing journey when our denial crumbles; we realize our experience and it's continued effects on us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-mcelvaney/there-is-a-moment-in-our-healing-journey-when-our-denial-crumbles-we/)

[Jeanne McElvaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-mcelvaney/)

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> [Women's genetic celebrity power magnifies men's protector instinct. It inspires the government-as-substitute-husband. Men's addiction to the genetic celebrity is either invisible or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-farrell/women-s-genetic-celebrity-power-magnifies-men-s-protector-instinct-it/)

[Warren Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-farrell/)

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> [Delayed answers to prayer are not only trials of faith; they also give us opportunities to honor God through our steadfast confidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/delayed-answers-to-prayer-are-not-only-trials-of-faith-they-also-give/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

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> [I feel that as long as you're honest, you have the opportunity to grow. It's when you shut down, go into denial,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-mcmillan/i-feel-that-as-long-as-you-re-honest-you-have-the-opportunity-to-grow/)

[Tracy McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-mcmillan/)

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> [“Denial may be neither a matter of telling the truth nor intentionally telling a lie. There seem to be states of mind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-cohen/denial-may-be-neither-a-matter-of-telling-the-truth-nor-intentionally/)

Stanley Cohen

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> [“from Hum, Hum Oh the house of denial has thick walls and very small windows and whoever lives there, little by little,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/from-hum-hum-oh-the-house-of-denial-has-thick-walls-and-very-small/)

[Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/)

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> [For me, for a very long time, I was in denial because when you say you're sad or you're overwhelmed, we consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-civil/for-me-for-a-very-long-time-i-was-in-denial-because-when-you-say-you/)

[Karen Civil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-civil/)

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> [I think I was more just not comfortable with saying it. I was also in denial. I was like, 'I'm not gay,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-deville/i-think-i-was-more-just-not-comfortable-with-saying-it-i-was-also-in/)

[Sonya Deville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-deville/)

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> [I just cant fake a smile while I'm living denial. Everything goes by so fast except the past. It lingers around like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nichole-fickes/i-just-cant-fake-a-smile-while-i-m-living-denial-everything-goes-by/)

[Nichole Fickes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nichole-fickes/)

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> [Sometimes the act of walking in the face of the elements helps us come to grips with reality. Or it simply exhausts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashcroft/sometimes-the-act-of-walking-in-the-face-of-the-elements-helps-us/)

[John Ashcroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashcroft/)

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> [Self-denial is taught much better by inspiring the love of our neighbor, than by the prohibition of innocent comforts and pleasures. Spirituality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-martineau/self-denial-is-taught-much-better-by-inspiring-the-love-of-our/)

[Harriet Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-martineau/)

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> [She can't hide no matter how hard she tries, her secret disguised behind these lies. And at night she cries away her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/she-can-t-hide-no-matter-how-hard-she-tries-her-secret-disguised/)

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

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> [Sometimes, though, you make a pact with yourself. I'll pretend there's nothing wrong if you pretend there's nothing wrong. It's called denial,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/sometimes-though-you-make-a-pact-with-yourself-i-ll-pretend-there-s/)

[Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/)

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> [Back in pre-Revolutionary America cruel and unusual punishment meant the rack and burning at the stake... in more recent rulings it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-clancy/back-in-pre-revolutionary-america-cruel-and-unusual-punishment-meant/)

[Tom Clancy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-clancy/)

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> [One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one knows of the necessary ingredients of happiness-simple tastes, a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sand/one-is-happy-as-a-result-of-one-s-own-efforts-once-one-knows-of-the/)

[George Sand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sand/)

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> [The imaginary is not formed in opposition to reality as its denial or compensation; it grows among signs, from book to book,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/the-imaginary-is-not-formed-in-opposition-to-reality-as-its-denial-or/)

[Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/)

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> [“What is the Truth? It is that ugly thing so many want buried hidden away from our loved ones hidden away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-sheridan/what-is-the-truth-it-is-that-ugly-thing-so-many-want-buried-hidden/)

Larry Sheridan

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> [“The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland conglomeration of stinted opinion cloaked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-mass-communications-that-could-enable-our-politics-for-good-have/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

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> [On top of the abuse and neglect, denial heaps more hurt upon the child by requiring the child to alienate herself from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/on-top-of-the-abuse-and-neglect-denial-heaps-more-hurt-upon-the-child/)

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

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> [Only a people serving an apprenticeship to nature can be trusted with machines. Only such people will so contrive and control those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/only-a-people-serving-an-apprenticeship-to-nature-can-be-trusted-with/)

[Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/)

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> [Why did she give up wine for Lent? Polly was more sensible. She had given up strawberry jam. Cecilia had never seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/why-did-she-give-up-wine-for-lent-polly-was-more-sensible-she-had/)

[Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/)

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> [The key to success is to not take rejection personally, to know that having faith counts the most when we feel scared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mastin-kipp/the-key-to-success-is-to-not-take-rejection-personally-to-know-that/)

[Mastin Kipp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mastin-kipp/)

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> [I loved you, I cant deny, I still love you but I cant do it this time, I have to let go,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-martin/i-loved-you-i-cant-deny-i-still-love-you-but-i-cant-do-it-this-time-i/)

[Travis Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-martin/)

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> [It doesn't matter if the truth is right there out in front of your eyes. You will find a way, a mechanism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bassem-youssef/it-doesn-t-matter-if-the-truth-is-right-there-out-in-front-of-your/)

[Bassem Youssef](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bassem-youssef/)

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> [“When pondering who I am, I write the fiction that I want directly over the facts that I hate. However, what I’ve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/when-pondering-who-i-am-i-write-the-fiction-that-i-want-directly-over/)

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

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> [“Much of the self-help world is predicated on peddling highs to people rather than solving legitimate problems. Many self-help gurus teach you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-manson/much-of-the-self-help-world-is-predicated-on-peddling-highs-to-people/)

[Mark Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-manson/)

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> [Looking at virtual reality through computer screens, video game screens, and above all television screens is a denial of personality development. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/looking-at-virtual-reality-through-computer-screens-video-game/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

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> [The oral (Laetrile) had been 'toxified' by adding cyano-urea in the NCI...(NCI's) Mayo (Clinic) dismissed well responding patients to discard them from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-alfred-nieper/the-oral-laetrile-had-been-toxified-by-adding-cyano-urea-in-the-nci/)

Hans Alfred Nieper

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> [“We have had this discussion before. You are my son. I love you. I will always love you. But I also love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-macalister/we-have-had-this-discussion-before-you-are-my-son-i-love-you-i-will/)

[Katie MacAlister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-macalister/)

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> [I'm not pushing myself forward in denial of the moment. I'm pushing myself forward and enjoying every moment voraciously. I'm thinking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/measha-brueggergosman/i-m-not-pushing-myself-forward-in-denial-of-the-moment-i-m-pushing/)

[Measha Brueggergosman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/measha-brueggergosman/)

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> [I think the condition of imperial denial is a handicap because if you do not recognize that you are essentially performing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niall-ferguson/i-think-the-condition-of-imperial-denial-is-a-handicap-because-if-you/)

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

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> [Great potential for personal empowerment can be found in attending to our awareness of global problems and to our understanding of how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-connor/great-potential-for-personal-empowerment-can-be-found-in-attending-to/)

[Sarah Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-connor/)

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> [“To live in denial of caring deeply, to hold oneself back from speaking from the heart as a means of self protection,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryld/to-live-in-denial-of-caring-deeply-to-hold-oneself-back-from-speaking/)

Cheryld

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> [... the understatement, the self-ridicule, the delight in the foreignness of foreigners, the complete denial of any attempt to enlist the sympathies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/the-understatement-the-self-ridicule-the-delight-in-the-foreignness/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

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> [“I wept for relationships not possible due to denial and dreams locked in the back of people’s minds, all of the bits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hawke/i-wept-for-relationships-not-possible-due-to-denial-and-dreams-locked/)

[Christopher Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hawke/)

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> [We're not citizens anymore. We're consumers. That's what we're called. It's just like being an alcoholic and being in denial that you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/we-re-not-citizens-anymore-we-re-consumers-that-s-what-we-re-called/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

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> [“They are married, after all, in every way that matters. The difficulty is that they appear not to have noticed. And one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-dee/they-are-married-after-all-in-every-way-that-matters-the-difficulty/)

[Chris Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-dee/)

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                        "text": "The oral (Laetrile) had been 'toxified' by adding cyano-urea in the NCI...(NCI's) Mayo (Clinic) dismissed well responding patients to discard them from statistical evaluation...This kind of fraud which I expressed...and which was openly published...has...not resulted in any denial.",
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