Quotes with accept

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  • Bill Flores I'm not philosophically opposed to raising the retirement age... I accept the fact that I may have to raise my retirement age for that.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • Burt Bacharach If Bush said just once: 'Boy. I hope you accept my apology as a country,' or showed some humanity.
    Burt Bacharach
    American composer, songwriter and pianist (1928 - 2023)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • C. Wright Mills If we accept the Greek's definition of the idiot as an altogether private man, then we must conclude that many American citizens are now idiots. And I should not be surprised, although I don't know, if there were some such idiots even in Germany.
    The British Journal of Sociology Structure of Power in America, Vol. 9 (March 1958)
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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  • Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador If we accept the rule of those who think they are the bosses and lords of Mexico, nothing will change for the people on the bottom.
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  • Thomas Sowell If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
    Thomas Sowell
    American economist, social theorist and political philosopher (1930 - )
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  • Jean Baudrillard If you are prepared to accept the consequences of your dreams then you must still regard America today with the same naive enthusiasm as the generations that discovered the New World.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Vince Lombardi If you can accept losing you can't win. If you can walk you can run. No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in your mind.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • Anthony Robbins If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that's far below what you deserve.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • T. S. Eliot If you haven't the strength to impose your own terms upon life, you must accept the terms it offers you.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Sigmund Freud Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • Albert Schweitzer Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Billie Jean King In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Barbara Dale In time your relatives will come to accept the idea that a career is as important to you as your family. Of course, in time the polar ice cap will melt.
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  • Henry Manning It is a dangerous thing to accept gifts: for two days after come request.
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    Henry Manning
    British cleric and cardinal (1808 - 1892)
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  • Russell Lynes It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.
    Russell Lynes
    American editor, criticus (1910 - 1991)
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  • Elisabeth Kübler-Ross It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.
    Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
    Swiss-American psychiatrist (1926 - 2004)
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  • Audre Lorde It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Bo Bennett It is not rejection itself that people fear, it is the possible consequences of rejection. Preparing to accept those consequences and viewing rejection as a learning experience that will bring you closer to success, will not only help you to conquer the fear of rejection, but help you to appreciate rejection itself.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • William Somerset Maugham It's a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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