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• I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research.

  Juan Cole

  Government, People, Political

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• I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

  Peter Dinklage

  Who I Am, Enough, Made

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The idea that certain things in life - and in the universe - don't yield up their secrets is something that requires a slightly more mature reader to accept.

  Samuel R. Delany

  Yield, Things In Life, Ideas

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. August 8, 2001.

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• Do I believe in the supernatural? Oh yes, certainly. I can't believe, I can't accept that you die and that's the end. Physically maybe it is a fact. But there's something about the mind that's more than that.

  Terence Fisher

  Believe, Mind, Facts

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• Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and accords greater respect to those with greater expertise. With one exception: climate science.

  Jay Griffiths

  Media, Ideas, Climate

  "Don't give climate change heretics an easy ride" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2012.

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• Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  Artist, Purpose, Projects

  Andy Goldsworthy (2001). “Midsummer Snowballs”, Harry N. Abrams

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• My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes the studios accept what Joe Blo says - and this guy could just be a frustrated filmmaker, or not paying attention.

  Antoine Fuqua

  People, Guy, Frustrated

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A cat never discusses his business with humans, not even Princesses. A cat never explains and never apologizes. A cat never alibis. You must accept a cat as it is and for what it is and not expect more than the pleasure of its company.

  Terry Brooks

  Princess, Cat, Apologizing

  Terry Brooks (2009). “A Princess of Landover”, p.135, Del Rey

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• When you teach her that hoe mentality, they accept that as reality.

  Big Daddy Kane

  Art, Reality, Media

  Song: W.G.O.N.R.S

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• Civilization - and by this I do not mean talking cinemas and tinned food, nor even surgery and hygienic houses, but the whole moral and artistic organization of Europe - has not in itself the power of survival. It came into being through Christianity, and without it has no significance or power to command allegiance ... It is no longer possible, as it was in the time of Gibbon, to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis on which it rests ... Christianity ... is in greater need of combative strength than it has been for centuries.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Mean, Talking, Europe

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• We must not be frightened nor cajoled into accepting evil as deliverance from evil. We must go on struggling to be human, though monsters of abstractions police and threaten us.

  Robert Hayden

  Struggle, Evil, Political

  Robert Hayden (2013). “Collected Poems”, p.98, W. W. Norton & Company

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• A conservative party that reshapes its self-presentation according to the suggestions of the liberal media, of course, may very well get what such lack of courage deserves. Having been told by their opponents for years that the key to Republican victory was a softening of the message and more smiles, Republicans have now apparently taken a big dose of this medicine. One might counsel more caution in accepting medicine from one's enemies.

  Alan Keyes

  Taken, Party, Liberal Media

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• I have to accept risk as a racing driver.

  Emerson Fittipaldi

  Sports, Risk, Racing

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. 2002.

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• I don't overthink when I'm styling. I kind of forgive myself and accept that I will make mistakes. Getting dressed should be a fun experience!

  Paloma Faith

  Fun, Mistake, Forgiving

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• I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and I'm proud of it.

  Paloma Faith

  Who I Am, Proud, Illusion

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• I had an early taste of fame. I was 20, going out with TV presenter Dani Behr and we'd have paparazzi chasing us. I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job. I had to ask myself, 'What comes first, being a celebrity or footballer?

  Ryan Giggs

  Jobs, Going Out, Taste

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• When a country is strong... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.

  Michel Houellebecq

  Country, Strong, Pessimism

  "The cultural whipping boys' manifesto: France has vomited on us for too long" by Angelique Chrisafis, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2008.

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• Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler.

  Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria

  Book, Doe, Holy

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• I been trying to clean up my act with my children for a long time. And I pretty much got them all talking to me now. And they accept me as a humanoid again.

  Dr. John

  Children, Talking, Long

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• You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking and know what they'll accept from you.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Thinking, Pulse, Fingers

  "Johnson Awaits Broadway Musical Offer" by WENN, www.imdb.com. March 12, 2009.

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• We accept so many things that come through the media; we get used to them, however vigilant we are. But for any creative art, you have to remain 110% conscious, and in a world that's losing consciousness, that's getting harder.

  Keith Jarrett

  Art, Media, Creative

  "There is no plan" by John Fordham, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2006.

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• Accepting Turkey as a member of the European club means that the club is open to outsiders, to Muslims, to poorer people, to developing countries, to countries with a slightly different cultural tradition but basically the same values. I think it's dangerous for the West to close the door; it doesn't do us any good and it doesn't do the rest of the world any good. Also, it reduces the danger of a "clash of civilizations".

  Andrew Mango

  Country, Mean, Thinking

  "The Turks Today". Interview With Julian Brookes, www.motherjones.com. October 26, 2005.

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• Of course I'm a black writer... I'm not just a black writer, but categories like black writer, woman writer and Latin American writer aren't marginal anymore. We have to acknowledge that the thing we call "literature" is more pluralistic now, just as society ought to be. The melting pot never worked. We ought to be able to accept on equal terms everybody from the Hasidim to Walter Lippmann, from the Rastafarians to Ralph Bunche.

  Toni Morrison

  Latin, Writing, Black

  Newsweek Interview, March 30, 1981.

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• Just once it might be instructive to pretend you're accepting an award for failure, just to see who you would thank.

  Robert Breault

  Failure, Awards, Might

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• To accept on faith is the basic requirement for getting on with life.

  Robert Breault

  Faith, Requirements

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