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Denial is a useful defense mechanism until it's not. — Rosalind Kaplan

Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession. — Edwin Louis Cole

The denial of racism is a form of racism itself. — Tim Wise

I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality. — Donald Judd

As the nation at last confronts global warming, it is no time for denial, greed, cynicism or pessimism. — Bernie Sanders

Atheism is not the denial of the existence of God, but having doubts as to whether God is conscious. — Slavoj Zizek

Experts say that denying bad feelings intensifies them, acknowledging bad feelings allows good feelings to return. — Gretchen Rubin

All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being. — Bruce Lee

The denial of language is a suicidal one and we pay for it with our own lives. — Joyce Carol Oates

Amusement and annoyance are, perhaps, both forms of denial. — Paul C. Nagel

When our actions and choices are based on fear and denial ... Well, nothing good can come of that. Ever. — Lisa Unger

Everything one has a right to do is not best to be done. Benjamin Franklin — Barbara W. Tuchman

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study. — William Graham Sumner

want the lies to end. I pull my gun from my purse and point it at him. "Who are you to me, Kayden? Who am I?" from Denial — Lisa Renee Jones

I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer. — Daniel Day-Lewis

Any denial of the facts is a denial of the truth. Holocaust deniers cling to Any revisionism for political purposes. — A.E. Samaan

When black fury meets white denial, you have the combustible and fundamentally changed race relations we live in today. — Ferial Haffajee

Most of us can only deny short-term pleasures because we see a realistic path between self-denial now and something better down the road. — David Brooks

NC passed law against global warming science, therefore it's not happening. So I'm ignoring Twitter's 140-character limit, so it's not happ — Stephen Colbert

Denial is a strong if imperfect defense. — Tom Brokaw

Everyone has a breaking point. Deny it, and you'll blind yourself to know when you've reached yours. — Dorothy McFalls

For many things were shown,
Recorded and written down.
But what is God to do,
When His Word you do renounce? — Kari L. Greenaway

I see no anti-Semitic implications in denial of the existence of gas chambers, or even denial of the Holocaust. — Noam Chomsky

Singleness, simplicity, is required of me. One treasure, a single eye, and a sole Master! — Jim Elliot

Be honest and don't pretend you're not falling truly, madly, and deeply for this guy. Denial will get you in trouble. — David Levithan

While I'd like to believe in the possibility of a love that doesn't involve denial, I haven't seen an example yet. — Phoebe Rusch

It is not what you don't know that hurts you; it is what you do know, which is not the truth that does your spirit the most harm. — Shannon L. Alder

If one is sick, one is usually the last person to know. — Ahmed Mostafa

Too long spent denying each other, we no longer hid our want. — Scarlett Dawn

Some people develop a wishbone where their backbone should be. — Shannon L. Alder

I suppose it's something to do with her black-brained religion not to take care of the body. — Evelyn Waugh

Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge. — Stefan Molyneux

The greatest barrier to someone achieving their potential is their denial of it. — Simon Travaglia

Self-denial in the pursuit of purpose generates true pleasure while self-indulgence in the pursuit of pleasure generates true misery. — Orrin Woodward

Suicide is an attack on society
an attack on its omnipotence, on its denial of death, and on its own despair. — Robert E. Neale

Denial of one appetite sharpens the others. — Mason Cooley

People who say they have no regrets are full of crap. We all have regrets, but denial is also a powerful force. — Dalya Moon

Denial is an essential part of my existence. Without it, I am nothing. — Jason Krumbine

I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial. — Betty Ford

Climate change is like my head: it's not visible in every instance, but I'm pretty darn sure it's there. — Kevin Focke

Denial is an ugly thing. — Nicholas Sparks

I was used to being perceived as having a good attitude. Self-control, self-effacement, self-denial. People like this, especially in girls. — Stephanie Grant

The denial of ourselves which Christ has so diligently commanded his disciples from the beginning will at last dominate all the desires of our heart. — John Calvin

We need to pay as much attention to improper denials as we do to improper grants. — Lane Evans

There is a known correlation between denial of one's sexuality and a propensity to self-destructive behaviour. — Peter Tatchell

Attracted to one of the Silent?
His mouth set in a grim line. He'd cut off his own balls before he accepted that. — Nalini Singh

Most diets would have you cutting things out from your diet; they are about denial and discipline. — Kathy Freston

No denial of the truth will ever invalidate it. — Nikki Rosen

There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened. — Douglas Adams

God's delay's are not His denials — John Hagee

If I worship the fact that I don't worship anything, amongst other things what I'm worshipping is denial. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

By looking the other way on climate change we facilitate a collective denial, and we do it for each other. — Margaret D. Klein

The denial of suffering is, in fact a better definition of illness than its acceptance. — M. Scott Peck

I'm still pretty sick about what I've lost, but I only admit it to myself late at night, which is probably why I'm not the best sleeper. — Nick Hornby

I don't think there's anything else we can do for him as long as he's in denial. No one's going to convince him that he's sick. — Xavier Francisco Amador

I would like to say that I'm sacrificial. But am I sacrificial enough to acknowledge the fact that I'm not? — Craig D. Lounsbrough

We believe very strongly that you stop that denial of coverage by promoting choice. Let people make the decisions. — Eric Cantor

As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness. — R.C. Sproul

The sweetness of self-denial and self-control, — Louisa May Alcott

Self-denial is spiritual. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A house built on lies has a weak foundation. — Brom

My whole life has been merely a succession of miserable and unsuccessful denials of feelings or reason. — Mikhail Lermontov

Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against. — DaShanne Stokes

this town is sometimes too much, so desperate and so in denial. — Gillian Flynn

Denial, even when unanimously adopted, never cured the heartache - it only hid it. — Ruth Cardello

She's in that state of mind that she wants to deny something -only she doesn't know what to deny! — Lewis Carroll

If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity. — Jean-Francois Cope

We work hard to believe that our actions really don't affect others all that much because we want the license to act without thinking all that much. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. — Kurt Vonnegut

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

What you know
and don't deny that
you don't know
and knowing this
you know
what and why
you don't know.
Right? — Jennifer Hillman

Christ and his teachings are the embodiment of submission, of inertia, of the denial of life; hence responsible for the things done in their name. — Emma Goldman

Our hope is we move beyond denial and into debate ... If we cleaned up the air, would it really be bad for us? — Bob Inglis

Almost everywhere, climate change denial now looks as stupid and as unacceptable as Holocaust denial. — George Monbiot

A wilderness experience includes a long walk back. — Dennis Garvin

Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages. — Kailash Satyarthi

Many Muslim countries are closed to missionaries, a policy Christians see as a denial of religious liberty. — Bob Abernethy

There was too much protection in a drone, protection that was also a denial of one's own humanity, very much like the protection offered by a burqa. — David Burr Gerrard

better doubtless to believe much unreason and a little truth than to deny for denial's sake truth and unreason alike, — W.B.Yeats

Denial, anger, acceptance — Gayle Forman

I repeat one of my mantras. 'This is not happening. This is not real. This did not happen to you. That was someone else. — Emily Andrews

All our promises and resolutions end in denial because we have no power to accomplish them. — Oswald Chambers

Why hasn't Marie shot you yet?" "Because I'm not in denial about what my cock wants," Horse replied. "I piss her off, I get no pussy. Watch and learn. — Joanna Wylde

Actively repeating a lie or denial does not make it true. — Cathy Burnham Martin

Once upon a time, I thought denial was a river in Egypt. It's actually the attitude of the Abbott government. — Bill Shorten

It is a denial of the divinity within us to doubt our potential and our possibilities. — James E. Faust

People tend to believe accusations more than denials. — Mary McMullen

Chronically dysfunctioning families are also delusional. Delusion is sincere denial. — John Bradshaw

Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy. — Swami Vivekananda

What does love mean if we would deny it to others? — DaShanne Stokes

What we prayed for was emptiness, so we would be worthy to be filled: with grace, with love, with self-denial, semen and babies. — Margaret Atwood

Denial isn't just a river in Egypt. — C.L. Parker

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept. — Bill Watterson

Deciding denial was the better part of valor, CK pretended nothing was out of the ordinary. — Judy Teel

Truth, like love and sleep, resents approaches that are too intense. — W. H. Auden

Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government. — G.K. Chesterton

I do think most poets are in denial about what the real taboos in writing are
the real boundaries. — Katy Lederer

Security is the denial of life — Germaine Greer

Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life. — Germaine Greer

Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware. — Arthur Koestler