Refuse Quotes

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Sometimes we become what we see. Sometimes we take what we see and make it the model for what we refuse to become. — Sharon Shinn
Rumpole, you must move with the times." "If I don't like the way the times are moving, I shall refuse to accompany them. — John Mortimer
if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as… — Jane Austen
ÙAn offer you can't refuse — Mario Puzo
When we refuse to work with our disappointment, we break the Precepts: rather than experience the disappointment, we resort to anger, greed, gossip, criticism. Yet… — Joko Beck
I believe that. But I want you to know something â€” when it comes to all this enemies nonsense, Iâ€™m out. I am a neutral… — Stephenie Meyer
At that point, Noriko finally breaks down and begins to cry sobbing into her hands as the floodgates open - this young woman who has… — Paul Auster
It's often only in the lies we refuse to speak that any truth can be heard at all. — Karen Marie Moning
Why no. Iâ€™m too conceited. If you want to call it that. I donâ€™t make comparisons. I never think of myself in relation to anyone… — Ayn Rand
His entired life bundled into wenty refuse sacks. His and her memories bundle away in Holly's mind. Each item unearthed dust, tears, laughter and memories.… — Cecelia Ahern
Life is an obstacle course. You succeed at one thing and then you move on to the next. When an obstacle is tough, you try… — Bethenny Frankel
I spent months searching for some secret code before I realized that common sense has nothing to do with it. Hysteria, psychosis, torture, depression: I… — David Sedaris
Many women to whom I have preached the doctrine of freedom have weakly replied, 'But who is to support the children?' It seems to me… — Isadora Duncan
Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise. Whoever feels himself walking on the path, and refuses to praise--that man or woman… — Rumi
This is it--what all the hoopla is about, what Wuthering Heights is about--it all boils down to this feeling rushing through me in this moment… — Jandy Nelson
Laws, it is said, are for the protection of the people. It's unfortunate that there are no statistics on the number of lives that are… — Tom Robbins
Marcus Flutie slept with just about every girl on the Eastern Seaboard except me. Though, he tried to get into my panties when I was… — Megan McCafferty
I refuse to believe that Hendrix had the last possessed hand, that Joplin had the last drunken throat, that Morrison had the last enlightened mind. — Patti Smith
Life is paradise, and we are all in paradise, but we refuse to see it. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Soon you start craving that intense attention with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld you probably turn sick, crazy and… — Elizabeth Gilbert

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