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• They have done their worst, and continued to deny me even the privileges accorded to the common herd . . . but I am sustained by the consciousness of my imputed 'crime' being an honourable one

  Michael Davitt

  Done, Privilege, Common

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• POSITIVISM- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Philosophy, Real, Ignorance

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.167, 谷月社

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• A civilization that denies death ends by denying life.

  Octavio Paz

  Death, Civilization, Ends

  Octavio Paz (1985). “The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre”, p.60, Grove Press

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• By going along with feelings, you unify your emotional, mental and bodily states. When you try to fight or deny them, you divorce yourself from the reality of your being.

  Jane Roberts

  Divorce, Fighting, Reality

  Jane Roberts (2011). “The Nature of Personal Reality (A Seth Book): Specific, Practical Techniques for Solving Everyday Problems and Enriching the Life You Know”, p.276, Amber-Allen Publishing

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• Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.

  John of the Cross

  Spiritual, Attachment, Desire

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• I was faced with a choice: to deny my addiction and embrace that 'comfortably numb' but 'magicless' existence, or accept the burden of insight, take the road less travelled, and embark on the often painful journey to discover who I was and where I fit.

  Roger Waters

  Learning, Journey, Addiction

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• UNITARIAN, n. One who denies the divinity of a Trinitarian.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Divinity, Unitarian

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.132, Courier Corporation

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• The modern way with God is to set him at a distance, if not to deny him altogether; and the irony is that modern Christians, preoccupied with maintaining religious practices in an irreligous world, have themselves allowed God to become remote...for churchmen who look at God through the wrong end of the telescope, so reducing him to pigmy proportions, cannot hope to end up as more than pigmy Christians.

  J. I. Packer

  Christian, Religious, Distance

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• It is only all too easy to understand the requirements contained in God's Word ('Give all your goods to the poor.' 'If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the left.' 'If anyone takes your coat, let him have your cloak also. Rejoice always.' 'Count it sheer joy when you meet various temptations' etc.). The most ignorant, poor creature cannot honestly deny being able to understand God's requirements. But it is tough on the flesh to will to understand it and to then act accordingly. It is not a question of interpretation, but action.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Christian, Giving, Joy

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• That soul-destroying, meaningless, mechanical, moronic work is an insult to human nature which must necessarily and inevitably produce either escapism or aggression, and that no amount of 'bread and circuses' can compensate for the damage done-these are facts which are neither denied nor acknowledged but are met with an unbreakable conspiracy of silence-because to deny them would be too obviously absurd and to acknowledge them would condemn the central preoccupation of modern society as a crime against humanity.

  E. F. Schumacher

  Silence, Soul, Humanity

  E.F. Schumacher (1975). “Small is Beautiful”

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• Making conclusions about life is a sure way to deny yourself the possibility of a human being transforming himself into the Divine.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Perception, Way

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• I believe teenagers are God's revenge on mankind. It's like He said, 'Hey let's see how they like it to create something in their own image that denies their existence.'

  Jeff Allen

  Revenge, Teenager, Believe

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• Surely if He would not spare His own Son one stroke, one tear, one groan, one sigh, one circumstance of misery, it can never be imagined that ever He should, after this, deny or withhold from His people, for whose sakes all this was suffered, any mercies, any comforts, any privilege, spiritual or temporal, which is good for them.

  John Flavel

  Spiritual, Son, People

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• In our inherent contradictions as humans, and in order to validate our own pain, we deny the pain of others. But it is in acknowledging the pain of others that we achieve fully our humanity.

  Hamza Yusuf

  Pain, Order, Humanity

  "Let us remember together" by Ed Husain, www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2009.

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• Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn't harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8.

  Brad Pitt

  Live Life, America, Desire

  "Brad Pitt comes out against gay marriage ban proposal" by Kevin Anderson, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2008.

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• The soul is that which beholds beauty even when the mind denies it.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Soul, Mind

  Neale Donald Walsch (2002). “Friendship with God: An Uncommon Dialogue”, p.213, Penguin

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• To grant the power of a weapon master to anyone at all, without effort, without training and proof that the lessons have taken hold, is to deny the responsibility that comes with such power.

  R. A. Salvatore

  Taken, Responsibility, Effort

  R.A. Salvatore (2009). “Streams of Silver: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.222, Wizards of the Coast

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• But in addition to all the moral evidence against the Bible, I will, in the progress of this work, produce such other evidence as even a priest cannot deny; and show, from that evidence, that the Bible is not entitled to credit, as being the word of God.

  Thomas Paine

  Progress, Credit, Moral

  Thomas Paine (1852). “The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology”, p.83

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• There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children.

  Kailash Satyarthi

  Dream, Children, Violence

  "Climate change and the value of daring" by Joseph Robertson, David Thoreson, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2016.

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• I don't deny myself food. I'm no saint. I love butter and cream, but I also eat lots of grains and fruits.

  Catherine Zeta-Jones

  Saint, Fruit, Grain

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• I'm a scamp. I don't deny it. I like myself.

  Jack Nicholson

  "Jack Nicholson: Anjelica Huston Beat Me Up" by Dotsen Rader, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past.

  David Oyelowo

  Past, Empowered, Can Do

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• Scientists say over the next hundred years, the coast of California will sink almost five feet. So the presidential candidates need to do something. Mitt Romney is conflicted. On one hand, he denies that global warming exists. But if California is under water, he would definitely win the next election.

  Craig Ferguson

  Winning, Hands, Years

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• Lent is a good time for sacrificing. Let us deny ourselves something every day to help others.

  Pope Francis

  Sacrifice, Helping Others, Good Times

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• When you give a man a dole you deny him his dignity, and when you deny him his dignity you rob him his destiny.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Destiny, Men

  Zig Ziglar (1977). “See You at the Top”

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