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Accepting Quotes - Page 40

Even a bad shot is dignified when he accepts a duel.

Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

For a very long time everybody refuses and then almost without a pause almost everybody accepts.

Gertrude Stein, Ulla E. Dydo (1993). “A Stein Reader”, p.496, Northwestern University Press

[T]he outcry against killing women, if you accept killing at all, is sheer sentimentality.:; Why is it worse to kill a woman than a man?

George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). “The Complete Works of George Orwell: I have tried to tell the truth, 1943-1944”

I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.

George Stanley McGovern (1974). “An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern”, New York : Random House

The greatest folly is to accept expert statements uncritically. At the very least, we should always seek another opinion.

Garrett James Hardin (1985). “Filters Against Folly: How to Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent”, Penguin Group USA

"I accept your condemnation," I said.

Gabrielle Zevin (2011). “All These Things I've Done”, p.21, Macmillan

He seemed, indeed, to accept everything without the least condemnation though often grieving bitterly.

Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov (卡拉馬助夫兄弟們)”, p.57, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

Most of what's around us is banal. We live with it. We accept it as inevitable.

"Frank Gehry: Playboy Interview". Playboy Magazine, January 2011.

The aspects you are willing to ignore are more important than the aspects you are willing to accept.

"S-exp vs XML, HTML, LaTeX (was: Why lisp is growing)". Usenet article, groups.google.com. December 28, 2002.

As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I'm not unhappy about it.

"Elton John confirms film project based on his life" by Matthew Taylor, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2012.

I hope to grow up and see myself accepting myself and accepting time going by and everything falls.

"Elena Anaya On Baring It All". Interview with Anne Brodie, www.askmen.com.

I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.

Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (1989). “Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: Her Acclaimed Columns, 1936-1945”