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• The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.

  James Connolly

  Literature, Mouths, May

  James Connolly (1971). “Labour in Irish History”, p.22, Lulu.com

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• Americans want our leaders to defend our values, our culture our legacy of liberty and our way of life, not apologize...

  Christine O'Donnell

  Leader, Liberty, Legacy

  "Christine O'Donnell: Homosexuality an 'Identity Disorder'" by Devin Dwyer, abcnews.go.com. September 20, 2010.

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• Have the courage to be exactly who you are without apology. Admit your mistakes without beating yourself up. Release all shame! Release all guilt! You cannot live if you are hiding behind what was. Focus on what is, right now, and that is you!

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Mistake, Focus, Guilt

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Mar 18, 2017

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• I'm not apologizing to anybody for anything.

  Antonio Davis

  Apologizing

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• Humanitarianism needs no apology, even when its objects are Russians or Communists. Unless we recover that concern and feel it toward all men without exception, including those who are on the other side in every fratricidal dispute, we shall have lost the chief redeeming force in human history.

  Ralph Barton Perry

  Men, Needs, Lost

  "The Citizen Decides: A Guide to Responsible Thinking in Time of Crisis".

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• Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don’t, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology. It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it.

  Adrian Tan

  Cells, Loving Someone, Half

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• I make no apologies that the PAP is the Government and the Government is the PAP.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Inspiring, Government

  "Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy". Book by Professor Daron Acemoglu, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, 2006.

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• All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.

  Mangosuthu Buthelezi

  Mean, Doe, Culture

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• I stand by the Lost finale. It's the story that we wanted to tell, and we told it. No excuses. No apologies. I look back on it as fondly as I look back on the process of writing the whole show. And while I'll always care what you think, I can't be a slave to it anymore. Here's why: I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was really … I was alive.

  Damon Lindelof

  Writing, Thinking, Looks

  "Damon Lindelof on Why 'Breaking Bad's' Finale Let Him Say Goodbye to 'Lost' (Guest Column)" by Damon Lindelof, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 2, 2013.

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• When you do your best you learn to accept yourself

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Acceptance, Accepting Yourself, Self Acceptance

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• A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies

  Kevin J. Anderson

  Moments, Consideration, Thousand

  Kevin J. Anderson (2011). “Hidden Empire: The Saga Of Seven Suns - Book One”, p.519, Simon and Schuster

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• I should start with an apology to Rudy Giuliani. I said every sentence Rudy utters has a noun, a verb, and 9/11 in it. I was wrong. He called me to tell me after Pat Robertson's endorsement, there's an Amen in every sentence he says too.

  Joe Biden

  Verbs, Nouns, Endorsements

  "Biden Says Romney Ready for War in Syria, Iran". www.realclearpolitics.com. September 4, 2012.

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• A true apology is more than just aknowledgment of a mistake. It is recognition that something you have said or done has damaged a relationship and that you care enough about the relationship to want it repaired and restored.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Mistake, Done, Care

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• I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.

  Bette Davis

  Regret, Enemy, Theatre

  Bette Davis (1962). “The lonely life: an autobiography”, Putnam's

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• The things two people do to each other they remember. If they stay together, it's not because they forget; it's because they forgive.

  Demi Moore

  Forgiveness, Sorry, Two

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• Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Drunk, Environmental, Society

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• I started to write an apology, but I don't have anything to say I'm sorry for.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Sorry, Writing, I'm Sorry

  "Jennifer Lawrence: Anyone who looked at nude pics 'perpetuating a sexual offense'", www.foxnews.com. October 7, 2014.

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• We owe the animals our profoundest apologies. Defenseless and unable to retaliate, they have suffered immense agonies under our domination that most of us have never witnessed or acknowledged. Now knowing better, we can act better, and acting better, we can live better, and give the animals, our children, and ourselves a true reason for hope and celebration.

  Will Tuttle

  Children, Animal, Agony

  Will Tuttle (2007). “The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony”, p.411, Lantern Books

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• I have heard your words and your disappointment, and I offer you a heart-felt apology to all who felt this was an odd or misguided casting choice.

  Cameron Crowe

  Disappointment, Heart, Choices

  "Cameron Crowe apologises for casting Emma Stone as 'part-Asian' in Aloha" by Ben Child, www.theguardian.com. June 03, 2015.

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• Sometimes we can take offense so easily. On other occasions we are too stubborn to accept a sincere apology. Who will subordinate ego, pride, and hurt-then step forward with 'I am truly sorry! Let's be as we once were: friends. Let's not pass to future generations the grievances, the anger of our time'? Let's remove any hidden wedges that can do nothing but destroy.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Forgiveness, Hurt, Sorry

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• I make no apologies for being a huge fan of radio songs.

  Keith Urban

  Song, Fans, Radio

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• The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time. This is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are small and how to reap without apology if the amounts are big.

  Jim Rohn

  Maturity, Harvest Time, Form

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 17, 2015

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• The pain of an injury is over in seconds. Everything that comes after is the pain of getting well." He gave her a heartfelt look, full of apology. "I'd forgotten that you see. Coming back to life ... It hurts.

  Tessa Dare

  Hurt, Pain, Get Well

  Tessa Dare (2010). “Twice Tempted by a Rogue”, p.357, Ballantine Books

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• I hope for his sake that Tracy's apology will be accepted as sincere by his gay and lesbian coworkers at 30 Rock, without whom Tracy would not have lines to say, clothes to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act with, or a printed-out paycheck from accounting to put in his pocket.

  Tina Fey

  Gay, Rocks, Clothes

  "Tina Fey: Tracy Morgan is 'not a hateful man'". content.usatoday.com. June 11, 2011.

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• Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?

  Randy Pausch

  Hurt, Three, Feels

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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