#denial

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it? ↗

— Eric Liu

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Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

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Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. ↗

— Theodore Parker

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Hearing loss very often is such a gradual phenomenon that the person is in denial. You really have to be patient with them in getting them to come forward to get help. ↗

— Marion Ross

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There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've been around it. I know. ↗

— Cathy Rigby

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It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept. ↗

— Bill Watterson

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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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