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O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Material possessions in themselves are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing, shelter and food. Yet if we refuse… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The man who is bigger than his job keeps cool. He does not lose his head, he refuses to become rattled, to… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
I must remind you that our credulity is not to be measured by the truth of the things we believe. When men… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Each person we meet on a daily basis who does not know Christ is hell-bound. That may make some folks bristle-but it's… — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
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The eyelids confess, and reject, and refuse to reject. They have expressed all things ever since man was man. And they express… — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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God has made us so that we must be mutually dependent. We may ignore our own dependence, or refuse to acknowledge that… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
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Though sands be black and bitter black the sea, Night lie before me and behind me night, And God within far Heaven… — Madison Cawein Copy Share Image
Their [those with eating disorders'] task is to rescue themselves from a drive that is destroying them. Food embodies the false values… — Marion Woodman Copy Share Image
You can say to this unemployed family, people are indigent, that they must pay for water and this and that and refuse… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Nowadays, we never allow ourselves the convenience of being temporarily unavailable, even to strangers. With telephone and beeper, people subject themselves to… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
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What care I if it be "wild and improbable" and "lacking in literary art"? I refuse to be any longer hampered by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Colorful demonstrations and weekend marches are vital but alone are not powerful enough to stop wars. Wars will be stopped only when… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
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