Refuse Quotes

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Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something or doing something… — Shailene Woodley
I think Mitt Romney has demonstrated repeatedly he has a penchant for - for secrecy, doesn't seem to have any interest in actually showing the… — Mitt Romney
When we think of the height of God's infinity we should not despair of His compassion reaching us from such a height; and when we… — Maximus the Confessor
Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said to the man,… — Gautama Buddha
For God to prove himself on demand, physically, would be a grave disappointment, and the strongest Christians should be considerably grateful that he chooses not… — Criss Jami
I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences. — Ella Maillart
When someone asks me to list the 10 best novels ever written, I always refuse to answer. — Henning Mankell
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is… — Alain-Rene Lesage
Tremble with awe, O men! The insults God suffered for the sake of our salvation you too must endure! God is slapped on the face… — Symeon the New Theologian
Some have narrowed their minds, and so fettered them with the chains of antiquity that not only do they refuse to speak save as the… — Girolamo Savonarola
Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. — Patti Hansen
I certainly was surprised to be named Poet Laureate of this far-out city on the left side of the world, and I gratefully accept, for… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Thus, if there is anyone who is confident that he can advise me as to the best advantage of the state in this campaign which… — Unknown Author
I suppose we all tend to remember only the happiness from our childhood, as a sundial refuses to tell the time except in fine weather. — Bernard Levin
We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our own ideas to… — Thomas F. Wilson
Once in a while there are things the brain simply refuses to accept as being true because they appear too improbable, too unlikely, too preposterous. — Walter Abish
Servant leadership always empathizes, always accepts the person, but sometimes refuses to accept some of the person's effort or performance as good enough. — Robert K. Greenleaf
Unless criticism refuses to take itself quite so seriously or at least to permit its readers not to, it will inevitably continue to reflect the… — Leslie Fiedler
I refuse to this day to do e-mail because everybody I know that does it, it takes another two or three hours a day. I… — Jeff Foxworthy
I absolutely refuse to accept the fact that any country in the world goes into a kind of film-making crisis. What happens is they lose… — David Puttnam

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