#accept

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it. ↗

— Wilhelm Steinitz

#best #refuted #sacrifice

A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted. ↗

— George Stephen

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War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize "world peace" even when we get it. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#any #even #get #however #just

Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

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Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public. ↗

— Rod Stewart

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I've had a very good career and I'm grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work. ↗

— Ben Stiller

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Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn't let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I've decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies. ↗

— Ben Stiller

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The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment. ↗

— Sting

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It is definitely somewhat a crutch of feeling that you have to please others in order to be accepted. ↗

— Angie Stone

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