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• I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when everybody's saying 'no' that you're really on the right track.

  Lorenzo di Bonaventura

  Mean, Cutting, Thinking

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• Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.

  Samuel Dash

  Mean, Opportunity, Difficult

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• I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish at saying no, and b) be pushed by some kind of Protestant work ethic.

  Jo Brand

  Work Ethic, Looks, Rubbish

  "Jo Brand: 'National treasure? I'd rather maintain a taint of national disgrace'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.

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• I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs.

  Omar Epps

  Careers, Legs, Wanted

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• I've always been afraid of saying no to people because I don't want them to be disappointed and dislike me.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Dislike Me, People, Want

  "Lucky me". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2009.

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• The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane.

  Kylie Minogue

  Dad, Doctors, Two

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• As peacemakers, we must resist all the powers of war and destruction and proclaim that peace is the divine gift offered to all who affirm life. Resistance means saying 'No' to all the forces of death, wherever they may be.

  Henri Nouwen

  War, Mean, Resistance

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2005). “Peacework: Prayer, Resistance, Community”, Edicoes Loyola

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• I think I am at the end of a certain phase of my life. What I'm on the lookout for now is the unexpected, for things that come from outside and that I never thought might happen. Sometimes you have to watch for them so you don't automatically say no to the new, simply because you're in the habit of saying no to everything that comes along.

  Doris Lessing

  Thinking, Watches, Phases

  Interview with Jonah Raskin, progressive.org. November 19, 2013.

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• Oh, see then, the Simi is not in trouble. I just kill the Greek god and all’s fine. (Simi) You can’t kill a Greek god, Simi. It’s not allowed. (Acheron) There you go again, akri, saying no to the Simi. Don’t eat that, Simi. Don’t kill that, Simi. Stay here, Simi. Go to Katoteros, Simi, and wait for me to call you. I don’t like being told no, akri. (Simi)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Waiting, Greek, Trouble

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Sins of the Night: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.337, St. Martin's Paperbacks

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• It only takes one mistake,' the Dan Banyan guy says, 'and nothing else you ever do will matter.' With his empty hand, he takes one of my hands. His fingers feel hot, fever-hot, and pounding with his heartbeats. He turns my hand palm-up saying, 'No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.' He sets the blue pill on my palm, saying, 'Do that one wrong thing- and you'll be dead for the rest of your life.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Mistake, Smart, Blue

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• Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.

  Seth Godin

  Business, Opportunity, People

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• His face is so calm, He shows no sign of stress or anything. Its as if he's saying, "No problem. Relax. I'm just going to beat you now. It's not going to hurt a bit."

  Dominic Roussel

  Hurt, Stress, Hockey

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• Passion means making the choice to do that for which we can make the greatest difference. It means saying no to opportunities that may be good but not the best. It means that the best path is not always the easiest path.

  Thom S. Rainer

  Passion, Mean, Opportunity

  Thom S. Rainer (2010). “Breakout Churches: Discover How to Make the Leap”, p.197, Harper Collins

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• I tend to not speak up as much, so saying no is rather difficult for me. The biggest step of being an adult is saying, "This is what I do like. This is what I don't like." Being yourself means certain people aren't going to like that. I'm still figuring it out and taking things day by day.

  Selena Gomez

  Being Yourself, Mean, People

  "Selena Gomez Talks RUDDERLESS, Sympathizing with the Character, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2, Where Her Career Is Headed, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 18, 2014.

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• Many of us, utterly overcome by Tamas, the dark and heavy demon of inertia, are saying nowadays that it is impossible, that India is decayed, bloodless and lifeless, too weak ever to recover; that our race is doomed to extinction. It is a foolish and idle saying. No man or nation need be weak unless he chooses, no man or nation need perish unless he deliberately chooses extinction.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Dark, Men, Race

  "Bhawani Mandir (1905)". "India's Rebirth : A Selection from Sri Aurobindo's Writings, Talks and Speeches", 3rd edition. Book by Sri Aurobindo, 2000.

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• Saying 'no' or even 'stop' is the hallmark of the professional you want on your team.

  Seth Godin

  Team, Want, Hallmark

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• I'm a great believer in life to saying yes and not saying no, and hopefully making people smile and just having fun in life.

  Richard Branson

  Fun, People, Saying Yes

  "Living Fully and Doing Business Differently With Richard Branson". Interview with Arianna Huffington, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 25, 2014.

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• When a manager asks for hard data, that's usually just his way of saying no.

  Ward Cunningham

  Data, Way, Managers

  Talk at MS Research, November 2004.

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• We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose.....It's not just saying yes to the right products, it's saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as the other ones.

  Tim Cook

  Order, Ideas, Numbers

  "Apple COO Tim Cook: 'We Have No Interest In Being In The TV Market'" by Dan Frommer, www.businessinsider.com. February 23, 2010.

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• We in Africa are always on the receiving end. We have had human slavery, political slavery, economic slavery and now religious slavery. We in the church are saying no. We are prepared to live by what God says, not what you say. Man shall not sleep with man, woman shall not sleep with woman.

  Peter Akinola

  Religious, Sleep, Men

  Associated Press Interview, December 2003.

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• If we tackle corruption, no child would sleep hungry, there would be no injustice, every child would be in school.

  Strive Masiyiwa

  Children, Powerful, School

  "Zimbabwe tycoon says he refused massive bribe demands in building his African business empire". www.foxnews.com. October 21, 2013.

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• By my monastic life and vows I am saying no to all the concentration camps, the aerial bombardments, the staged political trials, the judicial murders, the racial injustices, the economic tyrannies, and the whole socioeconomic apparatus which seems geared for nothing but global destruction in spite of all its fair words in favor of peace.

  Thomas Merton

  Political, Trials, Favors

  Thomas Merton (2015). “Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation”, p.134, Sounds True

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• The NFL sort of reminds me of the tobacco companies, pre-'90s, when they kept saying, 'No, there is no link between smoking and damage to your health'.

  Linda Sanchez

  Nfl, Smoking, Links

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• It's never been integral to the story that I take my clothes off. I've always had clauses in my contracts saying no nudity and no body doubles... I admire actresses who can do it without feeling exploited. As long as it's their own free will, I think it's great. It's not a moral judgement, I've just never felt comfortable doing it - I'm too modest.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Dirty, Thinking, Moral Judgement

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• In saying no to progress, it is not the future which they condemn, but themselves. They give themselves a melancholy disease; they inoculate themselves with the past. There is but one way of refusing tomorrow, that is to die.

  Victor Hugo

  Past, Giving, Progress

  Victor Hugo (1862). “Saint Denis”, p.100

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