#dismiss

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#chip #dismiss #ellington #gershwin

Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#also #benign #choice #condescending #countries

For more than 30 years the Islamic regime and its apologists have tried to dismiss women's struggle in Iran as part of a western ploy. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#dismiss #iran #islamic #more #part

A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat. ↗

— Gary Neville

#beat #collection #disappointments #dismiss #how

Let's not dismiss or attack individual ideas as being inadequate before we have had a chance to assess their positive effect as part of a whole solution. ↗

— John Thune

#attack #before #being #chance #dismiss

Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real. ↗

— Mark Rylance

#conscious mind #dismiss #experience #great #ideas

Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing, Thanks for mercies past received. ↗

— John Sheffield

#dismiss #lord #mercies #past #received

It didn't matter what we did or where we did it as long as we were together. We knew we'd found what most people either pursue in years of futile search or dismiss as a fantasy at the outset: the missing half of ourselves. The real thing. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#dismiss #either #fantasy #found #futile

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#dismiss #fallacious #freedom #give #must

Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#case #clerical #dismissed #guilt #itself