#denial

The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair. ↗

— Angelina Grimke

#bonds #brethren #case #denial #despair

My parents are really well intended, and I think their way of dealing with things is denial and guilt. Nobody wanted to talk about it. But all I did was blame myself. ↗

— Teri Hatcher

#blame #dealing #denial #did #guilt

Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you. ↗

— Bill Hicks

#denial #hallucinogenic #i #i see #see

She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one. ↗

— Boy George

#aware #ball #big #denial #great

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

#ask #birth #citizenship #conferred #denial

The primary symptom of a controller is denial, that is I can't see its symptoms in myself. ↗

— Keith Miller

#i #myself #primary #see #symptom

With actors, all our ages are out there for all to see - you can't hide anything, really. And it's kind of a relief. This is my age, this is what I look like without makeup on - who cares? That youth culture - that lying about your age - it's all denial of death anyway. ↗

— Julianne Moore

#age #ages #anything #anyway #cares

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

— Theodore Parker

#comes #highest #indispensable #kind #religious

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

#come #denial #forward #get #getting

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#courage #denial #face #feed #lot