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• I am not ashamed to use the word class. I will also plead guilty to another charge. The charge is that people belonging to my class think they're better than other people. You're damn right we're better. We're better because we do not shirk our obligations either to ourselves or to others. . . .we live by our lights, we die by our lights, and whoever the high gods may be, we'll look them in the eye without apology.

  Walker Percy

  Eye, Thinking, Class

  Walker Percy (2011). “The Moviegoer”, p.96, Open Road Media

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• When you heart is ablaze with the love of God, when you love other people - especially the ripsnorting sinners - so much that you dare to tell them about Jesus with no apologies, then never fear, there will be results.

  Catherine Marshall

  Love, Religious, Jesus

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• Other people apologize and don't mean t "Sorry, but you shouldn't have..." or "Sorry, but I just didn't..." They apologize while telling you that they were right all along, which is the opposite of an actual apology.

  E. Lockhart

  Sorry, Mean, Opposites

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 1: The Boyfriend List”, p.146, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• Apologies come in all shapes and sizes. You can give diamonds, candy, flowers, or just your deepest heartfelt sentiment.

  Sarah Dessen

  Flower, Giving, Heartfelt

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.148, Penguin

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• A relationship becomes easier when you realize that you don't have to be the one at fault to be the one who's sorry.

  Robert Breault

  Relationship, Sorry, Faults

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• I propose to put forward an apology for mathematics; and I may be told that it needs none, since there are now few studies more generally recognized, for good reasons or bad, as profitable and praiseworthy.

  G. H. Hardy

  Science, Needs, May

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• I do feel that if it's not on the page, there's no hope of it getting to the stage. You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you. Sometimes there's this real naïveté that people possess, where they want you to infuse a scene with a certain quality, and it's like an apology. "I read the script, didn't you? What's the agenda here?"

  Diane Lane

  Dog, Real, Cat

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• Apologies are not pass/fail.

  Randy Pausch

  Failing

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• Shame makes people abandon their children and drink themselves to death. It also keeps us from true happiness. An apology is a glorious release.

  Amy Poehler

  Children, People, True Happiness

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.66, Pan Macmillan

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• The trouble with politics and political coverage today is that there's too much liberal bias.... There's too much tilt toward the left-wing agenda. Too much apology for liberal policy failures. Too much pandering to liberal candidates and causes.

  William Kristol

  Wings, Political, Agendas

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• Nothing heals the soul like chocolate ... It's God's apology for broccoli.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Soul, Chocolate, Broccoli

  Richard Paul Evans (2010). “Richard Paul Evans Ebook Christmas Set: Christmas List, Christmas Box Miracle, Finding Noel”, p.463, Simon and Schuster

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• If you don't like to make excuses or apologies, stop making promises.

  Evan Esar

  Promise, Excuse, Ifs

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• I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.

  Jack Vance

  Criminals, Firsts, Innocence

  Jack Vance (1950). “The Dying Earth”, p.199, Spatterlight Press

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• I make no apology for preoccupying myself with architecture, television, conceptual art, restaurants and Jane Asher's cakes.

  Will Self

  Art, Cake, Television

  2001 Feeding Frenzy.

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• Decades later I would look into my father's eyes and try to reach past the murkiness of Alzheimer's with my words, my apology, hoping that in his heart he heard me and understood.

  Patti Davis

  Father, Heart, Eye

  "Ronald Reagan’s Daughter, Patti Davis, Releases Lesbian Novel", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 22, 2013.

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• What is more obscene: the idea that one can apologize for the hubris and deceit that is Obama and his health care, or the actual need some have for an apology from an entity so evil that he would toy with the lives of millions as though they were insects and he God? This is hard to tell.

  Ilana Mercer

  Ideas, Evil, Toys

  "Obama: Love Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry". www.wnd.com. November 15, 2013.

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• Thousands of miles of wheat, indifference, and self- apology.

  Mordecai Richler

  Self, Wheat, Indifference

  1971 Of Canada. St Urbain's Horseman, ch.1.

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• The continual whine of lamenting the burden of taxes, however successfully it may be practiced in mixed governments, is inconsistent with the sense and spirit of a republic. If taxes are necessary, they are of course advantageous, but if they require an apology, the apology itself implies an impeachment. Why, then, is man imposed upon, or why does he impose upon himself?

  Thomas Paine

  Men, Doe, Republic

  Thomas Paine (1854). “The Works of Thomas Paine: A Hero in the American Revolution. With an Account of His Life ...”, p.104

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• If you're married to an entrenched non-apologizer, it won't help to doggedly demand one. Some folks lack the self-esteem required to take responsibility for their less than honorable behaviors, feel remorse, and offer a heartfelt apology. And many people are so hard on themselves for the mistakes they make, they don't have the emotional room to admit vulnerability and apologize to a partner.

  Harriet Lerner

  Mistake, Self Esteem, Responsibility

  "Waiting For An Apology? Don’t Hold Your Breath" by Harriet Lerner, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2012.

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• My deepest apologies to all of our friends, fans and people who have worked on and supported us being a part of this festival, we are sorry for these awful circumstances and you can be certain this will not defeat us.

  Blake Judd

  Sorry, People, Fans

  "Scion Rock Fest: Photos and Nachtmystium Controversy" by Amy Phillips and Mike White, pitchfork.com. March 02, 2009.

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• I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.

  Odette Annable

  Girl, Thinking, Looks

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• We need only think of the number of talented men who sooner or later make their apologies and concessions to philistinism, so as to be permitted to exist.

  Georg Brandes

  Men, Thinking, Numbers

  Georg Brandes (2015). “Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition)”, p.6, WILLIAM HEINEMANN

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• Listen I don't expect an apology from men like Chuck Schumer, and I would put him and other individuals who were attacking me at the top of the list contributing to the low, low public perception of Congress, the integrity of Congress quite frankly.

  Alberto Gonzales

  Kings, Integrity, Men

  "Gonzales: 'I feel angry'". Interview with John King, johnkingusa.blogs.cnn.com. July 23, 2010.

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• I would recommend all men in choosing a profession to avoid any that may require an apology at every turn; either an apology or else a somewhat violent assertion of right.

  Anthony Trollope

  Men, May, Violent

  Anthony Trollope (2015). “The Complete Chronicles of Barsetshire: The Warden, Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, Framley Parsonage, The Small House at Allington, The Last Chronicle of Barset (Unabridged): Collection of six historical novels dealing with politics and romance - Classics of English literature from the author of The Eustace Diamonds, He Knew He Was Right and The Prime Minister”, p.1682, e-artnow

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• With apologies to all my past boyfriends, I never loved a man the way I loved my old apartment.

  Jami Attenberg

  Past, Men, Way

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