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• I don't see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, 'I'ma do that,' and they do it. That's it. There's no scientifical process.

  Kevin Hart

  People, Want, Process

  "Interview: Kevin Hart Talks 'About Last Night,' Being the 'It Guy,' and More (Opens Tomorrow)" by Jai Tiggett, www.indiewire.com. February 13, 2014.

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• Necessity is our quickest excuse.

  Benjamin Franklin

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• I'm not making excuses for the missed opportunities of the Israelis, or the lack of generosity, the lack of empathy that I think goes hand-in-hand with the suspicion. So, yes, there is more that the Israelis need to do to really demonstrate that they do understand the pain of an oppressed people in their minds, and they want to figure out, within the bounds of security and a Jewish democratic state, what can be accomplished.

  Hillary Clinton

  Pain, Opportunity, Thinking

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• We lie to ourselves in order that we may still have the excuse of ignorance, the alibi of stupidity and incomprehension, possessing which we can continue with a good conscience to commit and tolerate the most monstrous crimes.

  Aldous Huxley

  Lying, Ignorance, Order

  Aldous Huxley (2001). “Complete Essays: 1936-1938”, Ivan R Dee

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• The greatest obstacle is simply this: the belief that we cannot change because we are dependent on what is wrong. That is the addict's excuse.

  Walter Wink

  Belief, Obstacles, Dependent

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• The moment you believe your own crap and excuses, you fail.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Believe, Excuse You, Failing

  Twitter post from Jul 31, 2013

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• Now that we have the line-item veto there is no excuse for Congress to put pork in and no reason for the president not to line-item veto it out.

  John McCain

  President, Pork, Lines

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• Englishmen do like to get in a dress, any excuse.

  Noel Fielding

  Dresses, Englishmen

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• Looked at objectively, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of civilian deaths resulting from political violence are produced by what should be understood as "state terror." Terrorism also serves as an excuse to avoid diplomacy and the peaceful resolution of conflict.

  Richard A. Falk

  Political, Peaceful, Majority

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness.

  Mary Garden

  Block, Kind, Illness

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• There were two main points I wanted to get across in Valentine, the first being that yes, Valentine's Day is an arbitrary day, but why would you not take that excuse to celebrate love? The second point. . .since it is just an arbitrary day. . .why not treat every day like Valentine's Day?

  Kina Grannis

  Valentine, Two, Firsts

  "Rising Star: Kina Grannis". Interview, www.seventeen.com. July 14, 2010.

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• When you stop making excuses and you work hard and go hard you will be very successful.

  DJ Khaled

  Hard Work, Successful, Go Hard

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• I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions.

  Erin McKeown

  Use, Pieces, Action

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The attack on Iraq has been long planned. There just hasn't been an excuse for it. Since George H.W. Bush didn't unseat Saddam in 1991, there's been a longing among the extreme right in the United States to finish the job. The war on terrorism has given them that opportunity. Even though the logic is convoluted and fraudulent, it appears they are going to go ahead and finish the job.

  John Pilger

  Jobs, War, Opportunity

  Source: progressive.org

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• I had two chances to fail [working for Disney]. The first one, they said was "too juvenile." The second one was,they give you general areas to work in. They said, "Set 'My Fair Lady' in ancient Egypt."I came up with this idea about an Egyptian princess, and I gave her, as a sidekick, a little scarab. I had a telephone meeting with the executive "handling" me, and he said, "I looked over the notes. Very cute. But lose the beetle.Beetles don't talk." Well, how do you answer that? I said, "Excuse me just a moment, I've got a teacup calling me on the other line."

  Charles Busch

  Cute, Princess, Ideas

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Making excuses and not trying because I was scared were my go-to reactions. Nothing was going to change in my life unless I did something about it.

  Erin Willett

  Trying, Scared, Reactions

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• The paradigm helps a person identify the thought system, which is almost always false, that is behind the rationale for the continuation of excuses. It helps them really look at excuses from an objective point of view and realize that everything they've been thinking is just as likely to be not true as it is to be true.

  Wayne Dyer

  Thinking, Views, Looks

  Interview with Ellen Mahoney, www.drwaynedyer.com. September 2009.

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• I think primary voters have a right to know. And Donald's Trump excuse of it that he's being audited, look, that makes it even more important for him to release his taxes, so that voters can see if there is - Mitt Romney suggested there could be a bombshell there. I don't know if there is or not. But Donald is hiding them from the voters, and I think he owes candor to the voters.

  Ted Cruz

  Thinking, Important, Voters

  "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. February 28, 2016.

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• I have the easiest job in the world! It's an excuse to get up there, goof around and have fun.

  Diana DeGarmo

  Jobs, Fun, World

  Interview with Nick Orlando, www.broadwayworld.com. March 16, 2006.

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• I am an alcoholic, as I said. And it is however we call it, a disease. That's an explanation, but not an excuse.

  Malachy McCourt

  Disease, Said, Explanation

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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• I don't think every African-American or Latino have the same body type, but, yes, that's been one of the excuses ... saying that African-Americans are too muscular or just aren't lean enough. Usually they say, "Oh, they have flat feet so they just don't have the flexibility that it takes to create the line in a point shoe."

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, Shoes, Feet

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• The evidence from both approaches, statistical and experimental, does not appear sufficiently significant to me to warrant forsaking the pleasure of smoking. As a matter of fact, if the investigations had been pointed toward some material that I thoroughly dislike, such as parsnips, I still would not feel that evidence of the type presented constituted a reasonable excuse for eliminating the things from my diet. I will still continue to smoke, and if the tobacco companies cease manufacturing their product, I will revert to sweet fern and grape leaves.

  Harry S.N. Greene

  Sweet, Science, Smoking

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• Forgiveness doesn't excuse their actions. Forgiveness stops their actions from destroying your heart.

  Karen Salmansohn

  Heart, Action, Destroying

  FaceBook post by Karen Salmansohn from Dec 26, 2015

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• It's remarkable she [Venus Williams] plays at all, given her Sjögren's syndrome [an autoimmune disorder that can cause joint pain]. She's back, winning tournaments. She didn't allow society to tell her, "You have this disease; you can't do that anymore." I look at her, like, "She's not playing at 100 percent. You are. You don't have excuses." Knowing what she went through helped me try to be a more positive person.

  Serena Williams

  Pain, Winning, Play

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• This is not a time to quail, it is not a crisis, nor should we see it as an excuse for wobbling or self-doubt. But it is a moment for hope...

  Boris Johnson

  Self, Doubt, Moments

  "Boris Johnson is NOT running to be the next British prime minister — here are the candidates still in the running" by Adam Payne, uk.businessinsider.com. June 30, 2016.

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