The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.
John Updike
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The union's refusal to put our offer out for a vote blocks better benefits for our people and robs them of their right to vote on their future.
Gina Ellrich
The two pillars of 'political correctness' are:a) willful ignoranceb) a steadfast refusal to face the truth.
George MacDonald
I have filed a complaint with the Moscow City Court chairwoman, particularly about the refusal to open a review of proceedings.
Genrikh Padva
We are ... disappointed by your rejection in our meeting today of our proposal to acquire Vincor and your board's refusal to engage in discussions on this matter.
Richard Sands
When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
Bayard Rustin
Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.
Carrie P. Snow
He tried to give Cameron Diaz the right of first refusal to the photographs that he had lawfully taken with her consent back in 1992 and she brought some very powerful, enormous interests to bear against him.
Mark Werksman
Elegance is refusal.
Coco Chanel
Who timidly requests invites refusal.
Latin Proverb
I'm confounded by his refusal to meet and find solutions.
Jinny Sims
For he who sees a need but waits to be asked is already set on cruel refusal.
Dante Alighieri
[This refusal to review the case] opens the door to even higher awards of punitive damages in the future and may signal that the court would tolerate higher punitive damages in cigarette cases than in others.
John Banzhaf
According to our information the Greek team leader was informed but not the athletes. To our mind this doesn't constitute a refusal.
Istvan Gyulai
Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is.
Herbert Kaufman
If this situation continues, I believe the Korean peoples' security could be diminished by North Korea's continued refusal to discuss their most recent armistice violations with the [U.N. Command].
Leon Laporte
In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.
Margaret Halsey
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
Chinua Achebe
Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.
Diana Vreeland
We were ready to meet the Ukrainian people halfway ... We received a refusal. That means the Ukrainian authorities were determined to have a conflict from the start, and from January 1 to ... start stealing gas from European consumers.
Sergei Kupriyanov
These countries will have a hard time putting into practice their refusal to consume European goods. Even more because it will be hard to discern in large supermarket chains like (the French supermarket company) Carrefour what product comes from Denmark, or Sweden or Italy.
Luis Martinez
This action by FIFA is a blatant and deceitful violation of our right of first refusal.
Noah Hanft
There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.
Dorothy Thompson
The refusal of Warner-Lambert's board to give due consideration to the Pfizer offer, and the coercive provisions of its agreement with AHP ... effectively deny shareholders the right and opportunity to enhance their investments.
Alan G. Hevesi
Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
Thomas S. Monson
The government's continuing refusal to negotiate is proof that these illegal regulations were designed to eliminate collective bargaining.
Colleen Kelley
A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed.
Alexander Chase
I have exhausted the administrative process with this property and I have been met with refusal towards any compliance efforts.
Barbara Taylor
The agencies' refusal to list Atlantic salmon is a case study in politically driven and illegal decision-making under the Endangered Species Act.
Michael Senatore
There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Fran Lebowitz
However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.
Pliny the Younger
The usual fraud is a refusal to have children. Or you see it if somebody is homosexual, or has some kind of disease, or claims they're from nobility when they're not.
Raoul Felder
There are legal issues surrounding a refusal to provide service to that property.
Denny Ehlers
The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief.
Frank Barron
We dropped out of most of the shroud community because of the politics and backbiting and refusal to work as a team.
Rebecca Jackson
Why Iraq, when so much evidence points to substantial Saudi involvement with people financing, and the apparent cooperation of elements of the Saudi government, as shown by the refusal to grant U.S. investigators access to known conspirators held there?
Miles O'brien
He will be missed for the plain speaking in his language and his [refusal] to pull his punches. There was a time when he moved markets all by himself.
David Brickman
Congressman Cannon should return the money he's taken from any questionable sources. Cannon's continued refusal to return this dirty money raises serious questions about Cannon's own conduct and the direction of his moral compass.
Wayne Holland
Perhaps what we sometimes call "genius" is simply a refusal to altogether let go of childhood imagination.
Michael Cibenko
This refusal ... in effect means we cannot carry out our inspection and is a failure of Iraq to comply with its obligations.
Scott Ritter
Although Apple can bundle other browser programs with the Mac OS, it is prohibited from promoting any browser other than Internet Explorer. The technology agreement also gives Microsoft the right of first refusal to develop the default browser for any new operating system Apple develops during the term of the agreement.
Avadis Tevanian
Arum said he wants the right of first refusal once Tommy's football career is over.
Ed Zbikowski
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