#refuse

I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate. ↗

— Nancy Astor

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I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#advance #cannot #danger #every #fearing

Only idiots refuse to change their minds. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#idiots #minds #only #refuse #their

We were totally unprepared for such a large quantity of visitors, and in view of the preservation of the antiquities they being very crowded and in poor preservation, we were obliged to refuse admission until some preparation was made to safeguard the objects. ↗

— Howard Carter

#being #crowded #large #made #objects

If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr. Martin Luther King. ↗

— Ramsey Clark

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When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#circle #could #difficulty #even #first

It would almost need a Mafia-like offer I couldn't refuse to do another movie. ↗

— Sean Connery

#another #i #movie #need #offer

Independent media can go to where the silence is and break the sound barrier, doing what the corporate networks refuse to do. ↗

— Amy Goodman

#break #corporate #doing #go #independent

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#like #people #ready #refuse #speak

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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