#denial

You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory. ↗

— J. Donald Walters

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Debate is so much better than denial. ↗

— Julie Walters

#debate #denial #much #than

Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

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Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#everything #happen #life #nothing #security

The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair. ↗

— Angelina Grimke

#bonds #brethren #case #denial #despair

I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home. ↗

— Cathy Guisewite

#about #amazing #both #close #complete

My parents are really well intended, and I think their way of dealing with things is denial and guilt. Nobody wanted to talk about it. But all I did was blame myself. ↗

— Teri Hatcher

#blame #dealing #denial #did #guilt

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#angry #denial #him #his #how

Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you. ↗

— Bill Hicks

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I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy. ↗

— Tab Hunter

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