"I refuse to put make-up on just because the paparazzi are on my doorstep. I find it morally wrong."
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"Whoever refuses to obey the general will will be forced to do so by the entire body; this means merely that he will be forced to be free."
"A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution."
"But I refuse to believe that I am a better actor than myself."
"If you refuse to be happy until you have no problems or challenges, you will probably never be happy!"
"If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends."
"A good marriage (if any there be) refuses the conditions of love and endeavors to present those of amity."