"I refuse to believe that the processed beauty that I see around me is what I have to be."
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"He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it."
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"I refuse to live a conventional life."
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"We refuse to believe that which we don't understand."
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"to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized."
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"To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it."
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"The ultimate ignorance is the rejection of something you know nothing about, yet refuse to investigate."
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"The world, unfortunately, rarely matches our hopes and consistently refuses to behave in a reasonable manner."
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"I refuse to believe that we're only here to live and die."
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"I refuse to accept anything less than 100% of what I can achieve."
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"Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me, I'll knock elsewhere, to see if they'll disdain me"
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"Things refuse to be mismanaged for long."
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"Refuse to be scared in this lifetime."
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"One way to work the system is to work the system. The other way is to refuse to work it."
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"The golden rule to apply in all such cases is resolutely to refuse to have what millions cannot."
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"All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road, thou canst have now, if thou dost not refuse them to thyself."
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"When the South has trouble with its Negroes - when the Negroes refuse to remain in their "place" - it blames "outside agitators" and "Northern interference." When the nation has trouble with the Northern Negro, it blames the Kremlin."
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"Money refused loose its brightness."
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"I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office."
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"Tell me that you refuse to allow me to be so stupid. Tell me that you will not tolerate this relationship being over just when it was on the verge of really taking off."
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