Our Refusal Quotes
15 quotes by 15 authors
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South Africa does not have a poverty problem. Poverty is a result of denialism of the way corruption taxes poor people, the inefficiencies that undermine…
— Mamphela Ramphele
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I feel we are so blessed to live in a country where we enjoy so many rights that other countries cannot even begin to imagine.…
— Sheryl Crow
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What about our refusal to look squarely at the degradation of the planet we inhabit? In the last election cycle many candidates refused even to…
— David Remnick
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We have avoided in recent years talking openly and honestly about race out of fear that it will alienate and polarize. In my own view,…
— Michelle Alexander
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If we pray only because we want answers, we will become irritated and angry with God. We receive an answer every time we pray, but…
— Oswald Chambers
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Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.
— Francis Chan
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Human beings can be redeemed. Empires cannot. Our refusal to face the truth about empire, our refusal to defy the multitudinous crimes and atrocities of…
— Chris Hedges
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The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless and excessively brutal.…
— Jimmy Carter
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The slavery of identity comes from our refusal to face ourselves. So we must begin the exploration to self-awareness. Where do we start?
— Ruben Papian
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Re-vision – the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction – is for…
— Adrienne Rich
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The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and…
— Brennan Manning
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It is our destiny to live with the wrong as well as the right kind of citizens, and to learn from them, the wrong-minded ones,…
— Henry Miller
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Everything we do these days - our lust for ever more comfort, pleasure, and distraction, our refusal to engage with the mandates of reality, our…
— James Howard Kunstler
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Disappointment is really just a term for our refusal to look on the bright side
— Arcine Arciniegas
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God wants us to lay our burdens on him and rest in his love. It's his responsibility to work out the purpose and plan in…
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Who Wrote These Our Refusal Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 15 Our Refusal Quotes as follows: