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title: "134 Refuses Quotes by 121 authors"
description: "Browse 134 Refuses quotes by 121 authors. Discover the best Refuses sayings and thoughts."
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> [He who refuses to learn deserves extinction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/he-who-refuses-to-learn-deserves-extinction/)

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

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> [The present day composer refuses to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgard-varese/the-present-day-composer-refuses-to-die/)

[Edgard Varese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgard-varese/)

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> [“The sea refuses no river”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-compson/the-sea-refuses-no-river/)

[Benjamin Compson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-compson/)

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> [Courage refuses frontiers!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/courage-refuses-frontiers/)

[Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

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> [I am the only composer who refuses films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-malik/i-am-the-only-composer-who-refuses-films/)

[Anu Malik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-malik/)

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> [“Hope refuses the constraints of our fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/hope-refuses-the-constraints-of-our-fear/)

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

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> [Woe betide the man who refuses to conform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/woe-betide-the-man-who-refuses-to-conform/)

[Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

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> [An ocean refuses no river.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-chandra/an-ocean-refuses-no-river/)

[Sheila Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-chandra/)

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> [“Jerusalem is one stubborn city that refuses to roll over and die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-erez/jerusalem-is-one-stubborn-city-that-refuses-to-roll-over-and-die/)

[Nathan Erez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-erez/)

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> [Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-hesburgh/anyone-who-refuses-to-speak-out-off-campus-does-not-deserve-to-be/)

[Theodore Hesburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-hesburgh/)

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> [A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-vincent-peale/a-positive-thinker-does-not-refuse-to-recognize-the-negative-he-2/)

[Norman Vincent Peale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-vincent-peale/)

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> [Let this serve as an axiom to every lover: A woman who refuses lunch refuses everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enid-bagnold/let-this-serve-as-an-axiom-to-every-lover-a-woman-who-refuses-lunch/)

[Enid Bagnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enid-bagnold/)

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> [A person that refuses to claim you doesn't deserve anything that you have to offer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-parker/a-person-that-refuses-to-claim-you-doesn-t-deserve-anything-that-you/)

[SONYA PARKER](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-parker/)

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> [Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be broken beyond repair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon/whoever-stubbornly-refuses-to-accept-criticism-will-suddenly-be/)

[Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon/)

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> [A person who refuses to risk change fails to grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-maxwell/a-person-who-refuses-to-risk-change-fails-to-grow/)

[John C. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-maxwell/)

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> [God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/god-loves-you-just-the-way-you-are-but-he-refuses-to-leave-you-that/)

[Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/)

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> [It's always about a character that I become obsessed with and who refuses to leave me alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruba-nadda/it-s-always-about-a-character-that-i-become-obsessed-with-and-who/)

[Ruba Nadda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruba-nadda/)

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> [Postmodernism refuses to privilege any one perspective, and recognizes only difference, never inequality, only fragments, never conflict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-wilson/postmodernism-refuses-to-privilege-any-one-perspective-and-recognizes/)

[Elizabeth Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-wilson/)

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> [Tom Sleigh's poetry is hard-earned and well founded. I great admire the way it refuses to cut emotional corners and yet achieves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seamus-heaney/tom-sleigh-s-poetry-is-hard-earned-and-well-founded-i-great-admire/)

[Seamus Heaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seamus-heaney/)

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> [“My integrity refuses to be altered to fit in with what I'm expected or intimidated to believe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lori-goodwin/my-integrity-refuses-to-be-altered-to-fit-in-with-what-i-m-expected/)

[Lori Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lori-goodwin/)

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> [You can't help someone who refuses to help themselves, you have to let go & move on, you only wish they could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/you-can-t-help-someone-who-refuses-to-help-themselves-you-have-to-let/)

[Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/)

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> [Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/man-is-an-animal-which-alone-among-the-animals-refuses-to-be/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

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> [I believe that close association with one who refuses to compromise with circumstances he does not like, is an asset that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-hill/i-believe-that-close-association-with-one-who-refuses-to-compromise/)

[Napoleon Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-hill/)

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> [President George W. Bush, in his now-rare public appearances and interviews, still refuses to acknowledge he did anything to help Iran. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-engel/president-george-w-bush-in-his-now-rare-public-appearances-and/)

[Richard Engel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-engel/)

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> [Mr. Romney is quick to uphold rules great and small. During primary debates, when his rivals spoke out of turn or exceeded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-kantor/mr-romney-is-quick-to-uphold-rules-great-and-small-during-primary/)

[Jodi Kantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-kantor/)

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> [The reason why any one refuses his assent to your opinion, or his aid to your benevolent design, is in you: he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-reason-why-any-one-refuses-his-assent-to-your-opinion-or-his-aid/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [“She refuses to take the easy way out by accepting the get-out-of-jail-free card that I offered her. She refuses to be allowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-a-redmerski/she-refuses-to-take-the-easy-way-out-by-accepting-the-get-out-of-jail/)

[J.A. Redmerski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-a-redmerski/)

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> [“The woman who refuses to object, who doesn’t yell and scream—there’s strength in that, and power. The way she overrides sentiment, won’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-a-harrison/the-woman-who-refuses-to-object-who-doesn-t-yell-and-scream-there-s/)

[A.S.A. Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-a-harrison/)

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> [We demand that people should be true to the pictures we have of them, no matter how repulsive those pictures may be:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-hansford-johnson/we-demand-that-people-should-be-true-to-the-pictures-we-have-of-them/)

[Pamela Hansford Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-hansford-johnson/)

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> [Our political establishment refuses to use the word 'segregated.' They call the schools diverse, which means half black, half Hispanic, and maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/our-political-establishment-refuses-to-use-the-word-segregated-they/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

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> [I hope to land roles where my presence is carried on throughout the film. I'm looking forward to taking on a role…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-velazquez/i-hope-to-land-roles-where-my-presence-is-carried-on-throughout-the/)

[Nadine Velazquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-velazquez/)

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> [“She refuses to support the slogan - Men are equal to women - if this translates to her femininity being faded out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-d-gonsalves/she-refuses-to-support-the-slogan-men-are-equal-to-women-if-this/)

[Gloria D. Gonsalves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-d-gonsalves/)

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> [Therefore, when a person refuses to come to Christ it is never just because of a lack of evidence or because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lane-craig/therefore-when-a-person-refuses-to-come-to-christ-it-is-never-just/)

[William Lane Craig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lane-craig/)

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> [Nature refuses to rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/nature-refuses-to-rest/)

[John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/)

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> [You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/you-can-drag-my-body-to-school-but-my-spirit-refuses-to-go/)

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

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> [Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mencius/only-when-someone-refuses-to-do-certain-things-will-he-be-capable-of/)

[Mencius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mencius/)

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> [“...she refuses all amorous alms, and such a refusal, to my view, justifies a theft.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/she-refuses-all-amorous-alms-and-such-a-refusal-to-my-view-justifies/)

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

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> [“The power of an imagination can arise from what it refuses to foresee.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lewis/the-power-of-an-imagination-can-arise-from-what-it-refuses-to-foresee/)

[Michael Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lewis/)

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> [The true atheist is the one who refuses to see God's image in the face of their neighbour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/the-true-atheist-is-the-one-who-refuses-to-see-god-s-image-in-the/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

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> [“Evil can never touch the person who refuses to accept it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piers-anthony/evil-can-never-touch-the-person-who-refuses-to-accept-it/)

[Piers Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piers-anthony/)

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