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Apology Quote by Alan Clark

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“Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology.”

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The greatest act of courage is to be and to ownall of who you are—without apology, without excuses, without masks to cover the truth…

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Apologies are not pass/fail.

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“A lady need never apologize. ~ Joseph de Bonaparte (Brother of Napoleon)”

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And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.

Margaret Mitchell

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In the formation of such a government, it is not only the right, but the indispensable duty of every citizen to examine the principles…

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If I can get enough signatures, to present an apology to slavery, I will present it to the President. The House of Representatives has…

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I never said Kristen ruined my wedding. At the time, when a million other things had fallen apart that day, I felt like she…

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The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time. This is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are…

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I wasn't saying whatever they're saying I was saying. I'm sorry I said it really. I never meant it to be a lousy anti-religious…

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For every person who atones, a hundred others find regret sufficient.

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A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from…

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We need only think of the number of talented men who sooner or later make their apologies and concessions to philistinism, so as to…

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