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Refusal Quotes

The refusal to feel takes a heavy toll. Not only is there an impoverishment of our emotional and sensory life, flowers are dimmer and less fragrant, our loves less ecstaticâ but this psychic numbing also impedes our capacity to process and respond to information. The energy expended in pushing down despair is diverted from more creative uses, depleting the resilience and imagination needed for fresh visions and strategies Picture Quote #1

I didn’t know how much I could love until you were gone. Until your laughter no longer filled my home, your wicked high jinks no longer made me crazy. Until I stood in that damned club and knew, without you by side, my life was as empty as my bed was without you in it. I didn’t know what love was, until I saw my refusal to admit it drown all the sweet innocence in your eyes. I love you Picture Quote #1

The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender Picture Quote #1

She was fabulously wrong when she said it the first time, and stunningly arrogant in her refusal to express any regret for lying to our fellow citizens Picture Quote #1

For the essence of science, I would suggest, is simply the refusal to believe on the basis of hope Picture Quote #1

What about our refusal to look squarely at the degradation of the planet we inhabit? In the last election cycle many candidates refused even to acknowledge the hard science, irrefutable science, of climate change. The president, while readily accepting the facts, has done far too little to alter them. How long are we, are you, prepared to wait? Picture Quote #1

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There is a feeling of personal dignity and independence in grasping, literally, the power to back your refusal to be a target of a violent crime with lethal force. This is not a sense of power, it is now the experience of escaping from a sense of powerlessness Picture Quote #1

The only condition of fighting for the right to create is faith in your own vocation, readiness to serve, and refusal to compromise Picture Quote #1

Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know the right order of values and deliberately to choose the lower ones: to know that, however much these values may differ with different people at different stages of spiritual growth, for one’s self there must be no compromise with that which one knows to be the lower value Picture Quote #1

Part of the trick of being happy is a refusal to allow oneself to become too nostalgic for the heady triumphs of one’s youth Picture Quote #1

If brains have brought us to what we are in now, I think it is time to allow our hearts to speak. When our sons are killed by the millions, let us, mothers, only try to do good by going to the kings and emperors without any other danger than a refusal Picture Quote #1

If you give way, you will instantly have to meet some greater demand, as having been frightened into obedience in the first instance; while a firm refusal will make them clearly understand that they must treat you more as equals Picture Quote #1

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Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that inequity Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream Picture Quote #1

I hated myself and the world because I had failed to face and accept the limitations of my self and of life. In literature this refusal is called romanticism; in psychology, neurosis Picture Quote #1

The greatness and efficacy of a magician is measured by his refusal to use magic. The true magician, the greatest, is the poorest and most unfortunate of all mortals. Because between his magic and his person forgetfulness takes shape, in the form of the world Picture Quote #1

The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists Picture Quote #1

Language is the main instrument of man’s refusal to accept the world as it is Picture Quote #1

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You are already that which you want to be, and your refusal to believe this is the only reason you do not see it Picture Quote #1

Right here in our bodies, in our defense of our right to experience joy, in the refusal to abandon the place where we have been most completely invaded and colonized, in our determination to make the bombed and defoliated lands flower again and bear fruit, here where we have been most shamed is one of the most radical and sacred places from which to transform the world Picture Quote #1

American commercial cinema has long been dominated by men, but I don’t think there has ever been another time when women have been as underrepresented on screen as they are now. The biggest problem isn’t genuinely independent cinema, where lower budgets mean more opportunities for women in front of and behind the camera. The problem is the six major studios that dominate the box office, the entertainment chatter and the popular imagination. Their refusal to hire more female directors is immoral, maybe illegal, and has helped create and sustain a representational ghetto for women Picture Quote #1

To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero Picture Quote #1

The engineer’s power was usually limited to a refusal to endorse a given plan, or to the tender of his resignation Picture Quote #1

The unification of opposites which characterizes the commercial and political style is one of the many ways in which discourse and communication make themselves immune against the expression of protest and refusal Picture Quote #1

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The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know, and resistance to oppression Picture Quote #1

Just as the creative artist is not allowed to choose, neither is he permitted to turn his back on anything: a single refusal, and he is cast out of the state of grace and becomes sinful all the way through Picture Quote #1

Of course, I’m aware of the animosities destroying brain cells on both sides, and I know all about the obstinacy of the warring parties, their refusal to reach an agreement, their devotion to their own murderous hatred Picture Quote #1

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd Picture Quote #1

A widow’s refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope Picture Quote #1

Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle Picture Quote #1

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The refusal to feel takes a heavy toll. Not only is there an impoverishment of our emotional and sensory life, flowers are dimmer and less fragrant, our loves less ecstaticâ but this psychic numbing also impedes our capacity to process and respond to information. The energy expended in pushing down despair is diverted from more creative uses, depleting the resilience and imagination needed for fresh visions and strategies (Refusal Quotes) I didn’t know how much I could love until you were gone. Until your laughter no longer filled my home, your wicked high jinks no longer made me crazy. Until I stood in that damned club and knew, without you by side, my life was as empty as my bed was without you in it. I didn’t know what love was, until I saw my refusal to admit it drown all the sweet innocence in your eyes. I love you (Refusal Quotes) The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender (Refusal Quotes) She was fabulously wrong when she said it the first time, and stunningly arrogant in her refusal to express any regret for lying to our fellow citizens (Refusal Quotes) For the essence of science, I would suggest, is simply the refusal to believe on the basis of hope (Refusal Quotes) What about our refusal to look squarely at the degradation of the planet we inhabit? In the last election cycle many candidates refused even to acknowledge the hard science, irrefutable science, of climate change. The president, while readily accepting the facts, has done far too little to alter them. How long are we, are you, prepared to wait? (Refusal Quotes) There is a feeling of personal dignity and independence in grasping, literally, the power to back your refusal to be a target of a violent crime with lethal force. This is not a sense of power, it is now the experience of escaping from a sense of powerlessness (Refusal Quotes) The only condition of fighting for the right to create is faith in your own vocation, readiness to serve, and refusal to compromise (Refusal Quotes) Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know the right order of values and deliberately to choose the lower ones: to know that, however much these values may differ with different people at different stages of spiritual growth, for one’s self there must be no compromise with that which one knows to be the lower value (Refusal Quotes) Part of the trick of being happy is a refusal to allow oneself to become too nostalgic for the heady triumphs of one’s youth (Refusal Quotes) If brains have brought us to what we are in now, I think it is time to allow our hearts to speak. When our sons are killed by the millions, let us, mothers, only try to do good by going to the kings and emperors without any other danger than a refusal (Refusal Quotes) If you give way, you will instantly have to meet some greater demand, as having been frightened into obedience in the first instance; while a firm refusal will make them clearly understand that they must treat you more as equals (Refusal Quotes) Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that inequity (Refusal Quotes) There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream (Refusal Quotes) I hated myself and the world because I had failed to face and accept the limitations of my self and of life. In literature this refusal is called romanticism; in psychology, neurosis (Refusal Quotes) The greatness and efficacy of a magician is measured by his refusal to use magic. The true magician, the greatest, is the poorest and most unfortunate of all mortals. Because between his magic and his person forgetfulness takes shape, in the form of the world (Refusal Quotes) The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists (Refusal Quotes) Language is the main instrument of man’s refusal to accept the world as it is (Refusal Quotes) You are already that which you want to be, and your refusal to believe this is the only reason you do not see it (Refusal Quotes) Right here in our bodies, in our defense of our right to experience joy, in the refusal to abandon the place where we have been most completely invaded and colonized, in our determination to make the bombed and defoliated lands flower again and bear fruit, here where we have been most shamed is one of the most radical and sacred places from which to transform the world (Refusal Quotes) American commercial cinema has long been dominated by men, but I don’t think there has ever been another time when women have been as underrepresented on screen as they are now. The biggest problem isn’t genuinely independent cinema, where lower budgets mean more opportunities for women in front of and behind the camera. The problem is the six major studios that dominate the box office, the entertainment chatter and the popular imagination. Their refusal to hire more female directors is immoral, maybe illegal, and has helped create and sustain a representational ghetto for women (Refusal Quotes) To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero (Refusal Quotes) The engineer’s power was usually limited to a refusal to endorse a given plan, or to the tender of his resignation (Refusal Quotes) The unification of opposites which characterizes the commercial and political style is one of the many ways in which discourse and communication make themselves immune against the expression of protest and refusal (Refusal Quotes) The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know, and resistance to oppression (Refusal Quotes) Just as the creative artist is not allowed to choose, neither is he permitted to turn his back on anything: a single refusal, and he is cast out of the state of grace and becomes sinful all the way through (Refusal Quotes) Of course, I’m aware of the animosities destroying brain cells on both sides, and I know all about the obstinacy of the warring parties, their refusal to reach an agreement, their devotion to their own murderous hatred (Refusal Quotes) Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd (Refusal Quotes) A widow’s refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope (Refusal Quotes) Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle (Refusal Quotes)

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