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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Justice, Jurist, Author
Denial

"The world has its fling at lawyers sometimes, but its very denial is an admission. It feels, what I believe to be the truth, that of all secular professions this has the highest standards."

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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher
Denial

"I was now prepared to accept any faith so long as it did not demand a direct denial of reason, which would have been a deceit."

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Joyce Carol Oates Author, Poet
Denial

"It's rare that we actively and consciously 'forget'; most of the time we have simply forgotten, with no consciousness of having forgotten. In individuals, the phenomenon is called 'denial'; in entire cultures and nations, it's usually called 'history."

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Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist
Denial

"We need to not be in denial about what we've done, what we've come through. It will help us if we all do that."

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