#refused

The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to repeat himself. So to think that he'd be making the same kind of film in the year 2001 that he made in 1941 is absurd. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#disney #film #himself #kind #last

The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them. ↗

— Henry Miller

#condition #disturbed #either #face #forever

It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#been #chance #had #i #me

I refused to conform to an image that a lot of people thought a president's brother should adopt. ↗

— Billy Carter

#brother #conform #i #image #lot

We went into Iraq because Saddam Hussein refused to account for his weapons of mass destruction, consistently violated UN resolutions and in a post-9/11 world no American president could afford to give Saddam Hussein the benefit of the doubt. ↗

— Peter King

#afford #american #american president #because #benefit

I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier. He refused to give me this permission. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#fuehrer #give #give me #had #i

It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal. ↗

— Ben Shahn

#after #any #anybody #anywhere #been

I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#chance #here #i #refused #today

Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#arrested #avoid #been #bound #charged

Captain Hale, alone, without sympathy or support, save that from above, on the near approach of death asked for a clergyman to attend him. It was refused. He then requested a Bible; that too was refused by his inhuman jailer. ↗

— William Hull

#alone #approach #asked #attend #bible