"Divorce is an embarrassing public admission of defeat." — Tracy Letts

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• The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men… — Andrew Carnegie
• Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
• Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits. — Edward Kennedy
• The Professor took the old practices and studied them, worked out their mechanical principles and then devised a graded scientific… — John Dewey
• Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit… — Julia Cameron
• Have you ever noticed how statists are constantly "reforming" their own handiwork? Education reform. Health-care reform. Welfare reform. Tax reform.… — Lawrence Reed
• [My Book] will endeavour to establish the principle[s] of reasoning in ... [geology]; and all my geology will come in… — Charles Lyell
• Imagine how dull life would be if variables assessed for admission to a graduate program really did predict who would… — Unknown Author
• A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
• War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests. — Germaine Greer
• Unlike some people who have experienced the loss of an animal, I did not believe, even for a moment, that… — Cleveland Amory
• Having a thirteen-year-old in the family is like having a general-admission ticket to the movies, radio and TV. You get… — Max Lerner

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