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Reluctant Quotes

For emotional reasons, connected with my affection for my parents, I was a reluctant atheist, but giving up religion brought peace of mind because intellectual conflict was resolved Picture Quote #1

Our temptation is to look eagerly for the minimum that will be accepted. We are in fact very like honest but reluctant taxpayers Picture Quote #1

It’s difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boos Picture Quote #1

Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require Picture Quote #1

I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It’s such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in their underwear, talking about how they don’t want to be a sex symbol Picture Quote #1

The second thing I had to do was not to be reluctant as a leader...And when I started doing that, I realized that people are thriving from this, and that it’s so much more helpful for people Picture Quote #1

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My parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it Picture Quote #1

I think the fact that Anna Nicole [Smith] clearly did not have a great relationship with her mother made the judge very reluctant to allow the mother to decide where she gets buried Picture Quote #1

I personally think that we should be extremely reluctant to use a recall mechanism for an unpopular decision simply because of the message it sends about judicial independence Picture Quote #1

Don’t be reluctant to give of yourself generously, it’s the mark of caring and compassion and personal greatness Picture Quote #1

I’d studied 16th century science and magic. I thought it was strange that people were interested in the same kinds of things my research was about. The more I thought about it, the more intriguing it became and pretty soon I was writing a novel about a reluctant witch and a 1500-year-old vampire Picture Quote #1

When I thought about why I was sometimes reluctant to push myself, I realized that it was because I was afraid of failure - but in order to have more success, I needed to be willing to accept more failure Picture Quote #1

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As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they’re an escape Picture Quote #1

At the time I was writing ‘Weedflower,’ my friend Naomi Hirahara was writing a book about Japanese-American flower farmers. She knew quite a few elderly farmers and put me in touch with four or five of them who had been in camps during WWII. Some, like my father, were reluctant to talk about their experiences Picture Quote #1

Since the enactment of the War Powers Act in 1973, which I supported then and support now, Congress has been reluctant to assert its authority when presidents decide to send American soldiers into harm’s way Picture Quote #1

We found that Central Americans and Hispanics are somewhat reluctant to send their children off to school as early as Anglo-Americans born in this country. There are some cultural differences Picture Quote #1

I get asked why there aren’t more female directors all the time. I’m kind of reluctant to talk about it. That’s not because I think the question is irrelevant or stupid. It’s just that there are so many mitigating factors Picture Quote #1

Even though I was a reluctant reader in junior high and high school, I found myself writing poems in the back of class Picture Quote #1

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I’ve been acting for a long time, and I’ve done a lot of things, and I’ve been maintaining my anonymity pretty well. I get recognized once a week, at most, here and there, so I’m reluctant to give that up Picture Quote #1

My parents were reluctant to let me start auditioning until I was at least a little bit emotionally stable - I’m still working on that! And so I started when I was fifteen, and it was the best thing that could have happened to me in terms of being able to focus my crazy teenage energy into something good Picture Quote #1

With recording, everything changed. The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one’s furniture. It’s an idea that many composers have felt reluctant about because it seemed to them to diminish the importance of music Picture Quote #1

Some taxpayers may object to a print journalism bailout on the grounds that it mostly benefits the liberal elite. And we can’t blame taxpayers for being reluctant to subsidize the reportorial careers of J-school twerps who should have joined the Peace Corps and gone to Africa to ‘speak truth to power’ to Robert Mugabe Picture Quote #1

Sadly, whites are rarely open to what black and brown folks have to say regarding their ongoing experiences with racist mistreatment. And we are especially reluctant to discuss what that mistreatment means for us as whites: namely that we end up with more and better opportunities as the flipside of discrimination Picture Quote #1

Motown was about music for all people - white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone Picture Quote #1

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Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require Picture Quote #1

He (Alexander Woollcott) always praises the first production of each season, being reluctant to stone the first cast Picture Quote #1

Romney has become reluctant to say that human activity causes global warming, and even in his greener days he was always somewhat cagey about which remedies he’d support Picture Quote #1

If I think about my life, I’m not reluctant about taking chances. I’m definitely not reluctant about relationships Picture Quote #1

They say change gets more difficult as we get older - each year we’re more stuck in our ways, more reluctant to learn something new Picture Quote #1

We’re very reluctant to change, even though we know that all things change, and especially our relationships are just determined to change Picture Quote #1

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For emotional reasons, connected with my affection for my parents, I was a reluctant atheist, but giving up religion brought peace of mind because intellectual conflict was resolved (Reluctant Quotes) Our temptation is to look eagerly for the minimum that will be accepted. We are in fact very like honest but reluctant taxpayers (Reluctant Quotes) It’s difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boos (Reluctant Quotes) Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require (Reluctant Quotes) I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It’s such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in their underwear, talking about how they don’t want to be a sex symbol (Reluctant Quotes) The second thing I had to do was not to be reluctant as a leader...And when I started doing that, I realized that people are thriving from this, and that it’s so much more helpful for people (Reluctant Quotes) My parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it (Reluctant Quotes) I think the fact that Anna Nicole [Smith] clearly did not have a great relationship with her mother made the judge very reluctant to allow the mother to decide where she gets buried (Reluctant Quotes) I personally think that we should be extremely reluctant to use a recall mechanism for an unpopular decision simply because of the message it sends about judicial independence (Reluctant Quotes) Don’t be reluctant to give of yourself generously, it’s the mark of caring and compassion and personal greatness (Reluctant Quotes) I’d studied 16th century science and magic. I thought it was strange that people were interested in the same kinds of things my research was about. The more I thought about it, the more intriguing it became and pretty soon I was writing a novel about a reluctant witch and a 1500-year-old vampire (Reluctant Quotes) When I thought about why I was sometimes reluctant to push myself, I realized that it was because I was afraid of failure - but in order to have more success, I needed to be willing to accept more failure. (Reluctant Quotes) As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they’re an escape. (Reluctant Quotes) At the time I was writing ‘Weedflower,’ my friend Naomi Hirahara was writing a book about Japanese-American flower farmers. She knew quite a few elderly farmers and put me in touch with four or five of them who had been in camps during WWII. Some, like my father, were reluctant to talk about their experiences. (Reluctant Quotes) Since the enactment of the War Powers Act in 1973, which I supported then and support now, Congress has been reluctant to assert its authority when presidents decide to send American soldiers into harm’s way. (Reluctant Quotes) We found that Central Americans and Hispanics are somewhat reluctant to send their children off to school as early as Anglo-Americans born in this country. There are some cultural differences. (Reluctant Quotes) I get asked why there aren’t more female directors all the time. I’m kind of reluctant to talk about it. That’s not because I think the question is irrelevant or stupid. It’s just that there are so many mitigating factors. (Reluctant Quotes) Even though I was a reluctant reader in junior high and high school, I found myself writing poems in the back of class. (Reluctant Quotes) I’ve been acting for a long time, and I’ve done a lot of things, and I’ve been maintaining my anonymity pretty well. I get recognized once a week, at most, here and there, so I’m reluctant to give that up. (Reluctant Quotes) My parents were reluctant to let me start auditioning until I was at least a little bit emotionally stable - I’m still working on that! And so I started when I was fifteen, and it was the best thing that could have happened to me in terms of being able to focus my crazy teenage energy into something good. (Reluctant Quotes) With recording, everything changed. The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one’s furniture. It’s an idea that many composers have felt reluctant about because it seemed to them to diminish the importance of music. (Reluctant Quotes) Some taxpayers may object to a print journalism bailout on the grounds that it mostly benefits the liberal elite. And we can’t blame taxpayers for being reluctant to subsidize the reportorial careers of J-school twerps who should have joined the Peace Corps and gone to Africa to ‘speak truth to power’ to Robert Mugabe. (Reluctant Quotes) Sadly, whites are rarely open to what black and brown folks have to say regarding their ongoing experiences with racist mistreatment. And we are especially reluctant to discuss what that mistreatment means for us as whites: namely that we end up with more and better opportunities as the flipside of discrimination. (Reluctant Quotes) Motown was about music for all people - white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone. (Reluctant Quotes) Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require. (Reluctant Quotes) He (Alexander Woollcott) always praises the first production of each season, being reluctant to stone the first cast. (Reluctant Quotes) Romney has become reluctant to say that human activity causes global warming, and even in his greener days he was always somewhat cagey about which remedies he’d support. (Reluctant Quotes) If I think about my life, I’m not reluctant about taking chances. I’m definitely not reluctant about relationships. (Reluctant Quotes) They say change gets more difficult as we get older - each year we’re more stuck in our ways, more reluctant to learn something new. (Reluctant Quotes) We’re very reluctant to change, even though we know that all things change, and especially our relationships are just determined to change. (Reluctant Quotes)

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