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> [What state do you live in? Denial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/what-state-do-you-live-in-denial/)

[Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/)

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> [Denial of greatness, is it's own failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/me-myself-and-i/denial-of-greatness-is-it-s-own-failure/)

[Me Myself And I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/me-myself-and-i/)

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> [“Now what state do you live in?' 'Denial.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/now-what-state-do-you-live-in-denial/)

[Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/)

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> [“I was steeped in denial, but my body knew.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-finnamore/i-was-steeped-in-denial-but-my-body-knew/)

[Suzanne Finnamore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-finnamore/)

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> [“Denial, anger, acceptance”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gayle-forman/denial-anger-acceptance/)

[Gayle Forman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gayle-forman/)

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> [Give me romance. Flash. Give me denial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/give-me-romance-flash-give-me-denial/)

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

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> [Superficiality: The denial of facing reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-cervantes/superficiality-the-denial-of-facing-reality/)

[Andrew Cervantes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-cervantes/)

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> [Self-denial is the best riches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/self-denial-is-the-best-riches/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Know this: God’s delays are not necessarily His denials. So keep praying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-laurie/know-this-god-s-delays-are-not-necessarily-his-denials-so-keep-praying/)

[Greg Laurie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-laurie/)

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> [There are only two states of being in the world of codependency - recovery and denial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-are-only-two-states-of-being-in-the-world-of-codependency/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

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> [“People say Love hurts. Actually it's the denial of Love that hurts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-w-tetting/people-say-love-hurts-actually-it-s-the-denial-of-love-that-hurts/)

[Lisa W. Tetting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-w-tetting/)

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> [“If you been feeling or acting crazy, think about it perhaps you are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-addino/if-you-been-feeling-or-acting-crazy-think-about-it-perhaps-you-are/)

[Victoria Addino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-addino/)

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> [No matter how many times I say I don't care, I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-matter-how-many-times-i-say-i-don-t-care-i-do/)

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

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> [Denial of Russia in the name of humanity it is - robbing humanity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/denial-of-russia-in-the-name-of-humanity-it-is-robbing-humanity/)

[Nikolai Berdyaev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikolai-berdyaev/)

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> [What you try to bury just ends up burying you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-wagner/what-you-try-to-bury-just-ends-up-burying-you/)

[Jane Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-wagner/)

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> [“The attempt to escape from pain, is what creates more pain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabor-mat/the-attempt-to-escape-from-pain-is-what-creates-more-pain/)

[Gabor Maté](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabor-mat/)

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> [Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-minchin/science-adjusts-its-views-based-on-what-s-observed-faith-is-the/)

[Tim Minchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-minchin/)

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> [“I didn't want to kill them all. I didn't want to kill anybody! I'm not a killer! You didn't want me, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-didn-t-want-to-kill-them-all-i-didn-t-want-to-kill-anybody-i-m-not/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

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> [But sometimes living in denial was the only way to keep a man from going on a killing spree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-jerome-dickey/but-sometimes-living-in-denial-was-the-only-way-to-keep-a-man-from/)

[Eric Jerome Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-jerome-dickey/)

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> [Christian Science … is the direct denial both of science and of Christianity, for Science rests wholly on the recognition of truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/christian-science-is-the-direct-denial-both-of-science-and-of/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [Once your heart has been broken, it can be very difficult to love again. But To deprive oneself of love is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashida-rowe/once-your-heart-has-been-broken-it-can-be-very-difficult-to-love/)

[Rashida Rowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashida-rowe/)

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> [Denial is huge for any alcoholic, especially for a functioning alcoholic, because I - you know, I'm not living under a bridge.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-vargas/denial-is-huge-for-any-alcoholic-especially-for-a-functioning/)

[Elizabeth Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-vargas/)

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> [Accepting does not necessarily mean liking, enjoying, condoning. I can accept what is-and be determined to evolve from there. It is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-branden/accepting-does-not-necessarily-mean-liking-enjoying-condoning-i-can/)

[Nathaniel Branden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-branden/)

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> [“Be honest and don't pretend you're not falling truly, madly, and deeply for this guy. Denial will get you in trouble.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/be-honest-and-don-t-pretend-you-re-not-falling-truly-madly-and-deeply/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [So we are left with a stark choice: allow climate disruption to change everything about our world, or change pretty much everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-klein/so-we-are-left-with-a-stark-choice-allow-climate-disruption-to-change/)

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

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> [The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-whole-curse-of-the-last-century-has-been-what-is-called-the-swing/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [We must face the fact that we are on the brink of times when man may be able to magnify his intellectual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/we-must-face-the-fact-that-we-are-on-the-brink-of-times-when-man-may/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

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> [This is why the anti-discrimination principle being enforced is important. Because it won't stop if some of the underlying biases aren't challenged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/this-is-why-the-anti-discrimination-principle-being-enforced-is/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [When our troubles are many we are often by grace made courageous in serving our God; we feel that we have nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/when-our-troubles-are-many-we-are-often-by-grace-made-courageous-in/)

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

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> [I don't know why everyone feels the pressure to look young. Personally, I hate it. I don't want to inject Botox and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kangna-ranaut/i-don-t-know-why-everyone-feels-the-pressure-to-look-young-personally/)

[Kangna Ranaut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kangna-ranaut/)

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> [There is a triple layer of jargon when writing about climate change. You have the scientists, who are very cautious now because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-klein/there-is-a-triple-layer-of-jargon-when-writing-about-climate-change/)

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

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> [Denial of contraception to women without the financial means to afford it could cause substantial economic burdens, and even greater burdens if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-quigley/denial-of-contraception-to-women-without-the-financial-means-to/)

[Mike Quigley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-quigley/)

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> [“The witch-hunt narrative is a really popular story that goes like this: Lots of people were falsely convicted of child sexual abuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-cheit/the-witch-hunt-narrative-is-a-really-popular-story-that-goes-like/)

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

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> [Bob Torricelli, Democrat member of the Senate, was basically about to be thrown out of office on corruption charges, and he went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/bob-torricelli-democrat-member-of-the-senate-was-basically-about-to/)

[Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/)

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> [For too long the development debate has ignored the fact that poverty tends to be characterized not only by material insufficiency but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/for-too-long-the-development-debate-has-ignored-the-fact-that-poverty/)

[Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/)

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> [This socialism will develop in all its phases until it reaches its own extremes and absurdities. Then once again a cry of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/this-socialism-will-develop-in-all-its-phases-until-it-reaches-its/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

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> [“Some children are threatened with loss of privileges such as money, cell phones, cars or even eviction from home if they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-engela/some-children-are-threatened-with-loss-of-privileges-such-as-money/)

[Christina Engela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-engela/)

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> [And so, through all the thick mists of the dim doubts in my mind, divine intuitions now and then shoot, enkindling my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/and-so-through-all-the-thick-mists-of-the-dim-doubts-in-my-mind/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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> [“interview from Ross E. Cheit about The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children (Oxford University Press, February 2014).…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-cheit/interview-from-ross-e-cheit-about-the-witch-hunt-narrative-politics/)

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

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> [I see myself as a human being. You're right, I am an American, I do live in Utah, and I am deeply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-see-myself-as-a-human-being-you-re-right-i-am-an-american-i-do-live/)

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

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                        "text": "“interview from Ross E. Cheit about The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children (Oxford University Press, February 2014). In the foreword to your book you mention a book titled Satan’s Silence was the catalyst for your research. Tell us about that. Cheit: Debbie Nathan and Michael Snedeker solidified the witch-hunt narrative in their 1995 book, Satan’s Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt, which included some of these cases. I was initially skeptical of the book’s argument for personal reasons. It seemed implausible to me that we had overreacted to child abuse because everything in my own personal history said we hadn’t. When I read the book closely, my skepticism increased. Satan’s Silence has been widely reviewed as meticulously researched. As someone with legal training, I looked for how many citations referred to the trial transcripts. The answer was almost none. Readers were also persuaded by long list of [presumably innocent] convicted sex offenders to whom they dedicated the book. If I’m dedicating a book to fifty-four people, all of whom I think have been falsely convicted, I’m going to mention every one of these cases somewhere in the book. Most weren’t mentioned at all beyond that dedication. The witch-hunt narrative is so sparsely documented that it’s shocking.”",
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                        "text": "I see myself as a human being. You're right, I am an American, I do live in Utah, and I am deeply ashamed about the decisions our President is making around the world, in our name: the war in Iraq, his continued denial about global warming, the wholesale degradation of the environment on every level. Since September 11, 2001, I have come to believe that there are many forms of terrorism, and environmental degradation is one of them. We have to transcend our government and relate to each other as human beings first and Americans second and feel both our local and global responsibilities.",
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