Malorie Blackman

I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer needed. There are those who consider them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a refusal to see that our public library service needs active protection.

British Writer

Raoul Vaneigem

People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.

Belgian Philosopher

J. D. Vance

Liberals have to get more comfortable with dealing with the poor as they actually are. I admire their refusal to look down on the least among us, but at some level, that can become an excuse to never really look at the problem at all.

American Author

Lizz Wright

I see 'Grace' as an affectionate refusal of things that just aren't true. With all our power and money and influence, we still can't raise up high over people's consciousness.

American Musician

Christine Todd Whitman

Gary Johnson's refusal or inability to name a single foreign leader, current or former, whom he admired, showed that he is not ready for the presidency.

American Politician

Fran Lebowitz

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

American Journalist

Thomas S. Monson

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

American Clergyman

Harold Ramis

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

American Actor

Herbert Kaufman

Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is.

American Writer

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

French Writer

Used to describe a person's firm choice to decline something offered or suggested.

Personal Decision

Emphasizes unexpectedness when someone doesn't agree to what's normally accepted.

Surprise Element

Shows a strong or principled disagreement, not mere difference in preference.

Strong Disagreement

Indicates a person's resolve not to provide or do something usually expected.

Denotes Firmness

May be used to signal the potential strain in relationships due to the denial.

Impacts Relationships

In legal contexts, signifies that a decision or request has been formally declined.

Legal Finality

Often associated with decisions made by someone in power, like a judge or official.

Authority Figure

Indicates that no further discussion or attempts will change the outcome.

No Further Argument

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 soil he said that money that land was bought with the work of peasants it's their land and i will not sell it he gave it away my great-grandfather's refusal to sell or trade his land became a huge source of conflict in the family lotha's father was enraged that the

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 and support their grassroots opponents. Now let me be clear that I support an effective struggle against fundamentalism, but also a struggle that must itself respect international law, so nothing I am saying should be taken as a justification for refusals

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 It is important to now state that I didn't see my deed for what it was. The word "rape" didn't echo around my mind as it should've, and I wasn't crucifying myself with memories of the night before. It wasn't so much a conscious refusal,

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 who is indifferent to our humanity. I believe that such fears are unfounded. Indeed, we stand at a remarkable time in human history, where, driven by refusal to accept the limits of our bodies and our minds, we are building machines

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 And it's not just a sort of teenage refusal to be labeled. It's about our own most identities, the ones that we put our hands up to, the ones that we cheer for, the ones that we fight for, the ones that we love or hate.

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 needed to combine a race and gender discrimination claim to tell the story of the discrimination they were experiencing. Why wasn't the real unfairness law's refusal to protect African-American women

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 while other suffragists are prepared to stand back during the war she is prepared in us to go ahead and even liken wilson and his refusal to support the vote for women she will liken that

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 They aim their pictures at your best instincts, generosity, a sense of right and wrong, the ability and the willingness to identify with others, the refusal to accept the unacceptable.

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 who was the number one, active opponent of this system of regulation in online speech? John McCain. Letter after letter attacking YouTube's refusal to be more respectful of fair use

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