In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.
quote by Margaret Halsey
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The Silence Of Indifference
if we do not write about rape issues
sensitive issues volatile issues explosive issues
if we do not voice our condemnation outrage
we then by default support these evils
with the silence of our indifference
with the silence of our fear cowardice
with our refusal to fight against injustice
with our refusal to fight prejudice inequality
with our refusal to fight for dignity for all humanity
poem by Terence George Craddock
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There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.
quote by Dorothy Thompson
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Be a cheat, dear.
Is your refusal to see me from
My perusal to see you?
Is your refusal to requite love
My perusal to repeat?
Is not the unfurling petals for
The untiring beetles?
For your momentary pleasure?
For one more to your portfolio?
I like you to be a cheat
As by that you’ll be upbeat.
06.03.2002, Pakd
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Make me a cheat, dear.
Is your refusal to see me from
My perusal to see you?
Is your refusal to requite love
My perusal to repeat?
Is not the unfurling petals for
The untiring beetles?
For your momentary pleasure?
For one more to your portfolio?
I like you to be a cheat
As by that you’ll be upbeat.
06.03.2002, Pakd
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Not From This Anger
Not from this anger, anticlimax after
Refusal struck her loin and the lame flower
Bent like a beast to lap the singular floods
In a land strapped by hunger
Shall she receive a bellyful of weeds
And bear those tendril hands I touch across
The agonized, two seas.
Behind my head a square of sky sags over
The circular smile tossed from lover to lover
And the golden ball spins out of the skies;
Not from this anger after
Refusal struck like a bell under water
Shall her smile breed that mouth, behind the mirror,
That burns along my eyes.
poem by Dylan Thomas
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Missing puzzle
They talk of the puzzle that has the missing piece,
But none mention the piece with the missing puzzle,
It's hard when there is nowhere to turn for release,
And searches for acceptance lead to refusal,
It pains me to hear puzzles constantly complain,
For the piece with a missing puzzle cries in vain,
They try to fit in places that they never can,
And end up with a life like that of a cursed man,
They can pretend they are another puzzle piece,
And then try forcing themselves into a puzzle,
But it will hurt them until they crave for release,
And acknowledge their prospective host's refusal,
They will surely be doomed to tiresomely roam,
In a vain search for a place that they can call home,
Till they declare themselves a puzzle of their own,
And then learn how to be content being alone.
poem by Christian Lacdael
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Elegance is refusal.
quote by Coco Chanel
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There is only one blasphemy, and that is the refusal to experience joy.
quote by Paul Rudnick
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Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.
quote by Pliny the Younger
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Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling promise.
Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.
quote by Carrie P. Snow
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There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god.
Orhan Pamuk in Snow
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To give too much when little is asked is a form of refusal.
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is.
quote by Herbert Kaufman
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Only the refusal to listen guarantees one against being ensnared by the truth.
quote by Robert Nozick
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A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed.
quote by Alexander Chase
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For he who sees a need but waits to be asked is already set on cruel refusal.
quote by Dante Alighieri
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