Justify Quotes

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It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was… — Twyla Tharp
The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside… — Leo Tolstoy
The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end. — Leon Trotsky
I don't know how you can justify leaving any engagement behind in the social Web of 2011. — Gary Vaynerchuk
I think that a good movie creates its own world, and that world needn't refer to anything that's real. If it's consistent, if it's entertaining,… — Christopher Walken
When you're a liar, a person of low moral fortitude, really any explanation you need to be true can be true. Especially if you're smart… — Samuel Witwer
Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology. — Reza Aslan
I love eating chocolate cake and ice cream after a show. I almost justify it in my mind as, 'You were a good boy onstage… — Steven Wright
Narrative Collapse is what happens when we no longer have time in which to tell a story. Remote controls and DVRs give us the ability… — Douglas Rushkoff
The true end users of Facebook are the marketers who want to reach and influence us. They are Facebook's paying customers; we are the product.… — Douglas Rushkoff
Because Jesus came to secure for us what we could never secure for ourselves, life doesn't have to be a tireless effort to establish ourselves,… — Tullian Tchividjian
The dizziness in the face of les espaces infinis--only overcome if we dare to gaze into them without any protection. And accept them as the… — Dag Hammarskjold
We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick… — Neil Gaiman
What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence,… — John Milton
There is too much bad news to justify complacency. There is too much good news to justify despair. — Donella Meadows
That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did. — Max Barry
If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire. — Nhat Hanh
Whenever and wherever men have engaged in the mindless slaughter of animals (including other men), they have often attempted to justify their acts by attributing… — Farley Mowat
I struggled in my mind with all kinds of defenses. Should I be hurt? Surprised? Should I laugh it off? I wanted to say something… — Jeanette Winterson
not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of . . . but to place before mankind the common sense of… — Thomas Jefferson

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