Refused Quotes
430 quotes by 391 authors
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I refused to take no for an answer.
— Bessie Coleman
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Nothing is more annoying in the ordinary intercourse of life than this irritable patriotism of the Americans. A foreigner will gladly agree to praise much…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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The being we call god is merely a pawn working for a powerful and rational force in some far-off galaxy. This force is trying to…
— Nick Yee
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I believe the president wants this bill, and I know he's taken some steps to bring it about, ... The reality is that with a…
— Joe Lieberman
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St Helens denied early reports that the deals had been manufactured because they refused to sell Higham to rivals Wigan, stressing that the Warriors did…
— Sean Maguire
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Whenever I refused to follow my fate, something very hard to bear would happen in my life.
— Paulo Coelho
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My dear Kepler, what would you say of the learned here, who, replete with the pertinacity of the asp, have steadfastly refused to cast a…
— Galileo Galilei
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From this height the sleeping city seems like a child's construction, a model which has refused to be constrained by imagination. The volcanic plug might…
— Ian Rankin
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Friends have asked how I came to engender this American antagonism. My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not…
— Charlie Chaplin
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The Jews are the most miserable people on earth. They are plagued everywhere, and scattered about all countries, having no certain resting place. They sit…
— Martin Luther
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Although his crusade in 1957 occurred at a time in our nation's history when race divided all, Reverend Graham refused to preach in segregated audiences.
— Jerry Moran
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This book will expose the sins of the fathers and the vicious abuse of the Jewish people. 'In Defense of Israel' will shake Christian theology.…
— John Hagee
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If you steadfastly refused to quit, you rapidly narrowed your options to only winning.
— Brad Thor
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What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the servants offer and had said to him instead, “let me not be…
— Elisabeth Elliot
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Literally minutes before the Senate cast its vote, the administration sought to add the words 'in the United States and' after 'appropriate force' in the…
— Tom Daschle
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Those who refused to respond to new stimulus would perish. Adapt or perish.
— Philip K. Dick
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A neoconservative is a liberal who's been mugged by reality. A neoliberal is a liberal who's been mugged by reality but has refused to press…
— Irving Kristol
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I refused this evening at Oxford University to debate with an Israeli, a supporter of the apartheid state of Israel. The reason is simple: no…
— George Galloway
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I've had some wins. And been knocked down with defeats. Glimpsed views from the top of the mountain. And walked through the darkest of valleys.…
— Robin Sharma
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We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
— Unknown Author
Who Wrote These Refused Quotes
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