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«I was negotiating a contract to accept Jesus as my personal savior, but he refused to recognize my free sex clause»
«I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.»
«I would like you to understand completely, also emotionally, that I'm a political detainee and will be a political prisoner, that I have nothing now or in the future to be ashamed of in this situation. That, at bottom, I myself have in a certain sense asked for this detention and this sentence, because I've always refused to change my opinion, for which I would be willing to give my life and not just remain in prison. That therefore I can only be tranquil and content with myself.»
Author: Antonio Gramsci
(Founder, Politician)
| Keywords:
at bottom, detainee, detention, emotionally, political detainee, political prisoner, prisoner, refused, tranquil
«Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.»
«Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough. On why she refused a deal with underwear firm Agent Provacateu.»
Author: Sophie Ellis-Bextor
(Actress, Singer)
| Keywords:
agent, get away, refused, underwear, well enough
«I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the extraordinary stupidity of the mob. What do you think of the foremost philosophers of this University? In spite of my oft-repeated efforts and invitations, they have refused, wit»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
foremost, invitations, Kepler, mob, refused, repeated, the mob
«I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.»
Author: Lewis Carroll
(Logician, Mathematician, Novelist, Photographer)
| About:
Prayer
| Keywords:
answered, Evening Prayer, evident, Father, fathering, heavenly, Heavenly Father, prayers, refused, strangely
«Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today at home and around the world. His love and faith is alive in millions of Americans who volunteer each day in soup kitchens or in schools, or who refused to ignore the suffering of millions they'd never met in far-away places when a tsunami brought unthinkable destruction. His vision and his passion is alive in churches and on campuses when millions stand up against the injustice of discrimination anywhere, or the indifference that leaves too many behind.»
Author: Senator John Kerry
(Senator)
| About:
Martin Luther King
| Keywords:
campuses, churches, refused, schools, volunteers
«Man counts what he has refused, not what he has given»
«Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought, and the turn to the truth; but I have refused myself to everything that my own experience did not justify and confirm.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| Keywords:
confirm, confirming, justify, justness, maxim, preferred, prettiness, refused, turn to
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