#refusal

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#compromised #integrity #refusal #tests #truest

A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed. ↗

— Alexander Chase

#believed #immediately #refusal #rude #soft

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules. ↗

— Harold Ramis

#else #everyone #losers #play #rebels

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#explicit #hope #lover #refusal #seldom

Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope. ↗

— Carrie P. Snow

#believe #hope #refusal #science

I asked her if she’d give me all her love, and she flatly said no. I got excited because while she said she wouldn’t give me all her love, she said nothing about not wanting to give me some of her love. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#love #refusal #rejection #love

The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep. ↗

— Lois Capps

#cell #cell research #embryonic #embryonic stem cell #embryonic stem cell research

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. ↗

— John Updike

#artists #behalf #content #distinguishes #entertainers

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy? ↗

— Bell Hooks

#color #columbus #contemporary #dimensions #especially