#fuse

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#defeat #final #never #single

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal. ↗

— Mark Twain

#another #another way #awards #more #noise

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

#become #before #defeats #demonstrated #discouraged

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses. ↗

— Virgil

#consider #each #refuses #soil #will

When we use terms we get confused, yet we have no other way. ↗

— Michael Tippett

#get #other #terms #use #way

A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#driven #emergency #gradually #itself #make

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#convince #old #plain #political #time

The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act. ↗

— Bernard De Voto

#becomes #exact #meaningless #point #reason

You know, I don't talk about the characters that I play. Years ago, I was a little timid about it and I kind of squirmed when I was asked, 'Could you tell us something about your character.' Now with a little self-confidence that comes with the grey beard, I just flatly refuse. ↗

— Christoph Waltz

#ago #asked #beard #character #characters

I decline all noisy, wordy, confused, and personal controversies. ↗

— Josiah Warren

#controversies #decline #i #noisy #personal