Refused Quotes
430 quotes by 381 authors
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I refused to let go of what I had.
— Erwin McManus
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Pope Gelasius in his ninth letter (chap. 26) to the bishops of Lucania condemned the evil practice which had been introduced of women serving the…
— Pope Benedict XIV
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Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Why be an average person? All the great achievements of history have been made by strong individuals who refused to consult statistics or to listen…
— Eric Butterworth
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If the adjustment made by a court can be accepted or not, it will be refused whenever the men can gain more by continuing the…
— John Bates Clark
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I never refused an autograph, never refused to buy someone a drink. Now I'm learning to say I've got other things on, instead of doing…
— Paul Gascoigne
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And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.
— Louise Slaughter
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Before the coming of Jesus Christ, men fled away from God and, being attached to the earth, refused to unite themselves to their Creator. But…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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The whole of the American Dream has been based on the chance to get ahead, for one's self or one's children. Would this country have…
— James Adams
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The Nazis victimized some people for what they did, some for what they refused to do, some for what they were, and some for the…
— John Horton Conway
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My Scottie refused to go for a walk with a friend of the house, but she would joyously accompany any stranger who drove a car.
— Mazo de la Roche
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I was seventeen and the star of my high school play. I was supposed to kiss my leading man, but I couldn't stand the guy.…
— Donna Mills
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I'm glad . . . that Edison didn't give up on the light bulb. That Luther refused to back down. That Michelangelo kept painting. That…
— Charles R. Swindoll
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The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to mistrust everything that is effortless;…
— Josef Pieper
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I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier. He refused to…
— Fritz Sauckel
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I have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thing. I don't want to cheat people.…
— Azzedine Alaia
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Let it be said to our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we didn't turn our…
— Barack Obama
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Light refused increases darkness.
— Adrian Rogers
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I went out with some old friends and we were having fun. A couple of them were very intoxicated. When I went to leave, I…
— Rima Fakih
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