Excuse Quotes
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I think the most important challenge that remains is this mentality in Washington that sanctions have been an asset, and some people want to find even an excuse to keep them or an excuse to reintroduce them. I don't know whether they've looked at the record of how sanctions actually produce exactly the opposite of what they wanted to produce.
Mohammad Javad Zarif
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Kami said, "I want you to go in there and vamp that receptionist." "What?" Ash said blankly. "You know," Kami said. "Dazzle her with your charms. Rock her world. Go on." [...] "What," Ash said, "all of us?" "Do you want to stand around trying to guess if she likes pretty boys or rough trade?" Jared asked, gesturing lazily from Ash to himself. "Excuse me, what did you just call yourself?" Ash demanded. "No, wait a second, I don't care. What did you just call me?
Sarah Rees Brennan
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Why haven't you achieved your goals yet? What are your favorite excuses, and how do they hold you back?
Brian Tracy
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Love's an excuse to get hurt.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
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I'll use any excuse to buy a new backpack.
Michael Potts
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A lie is an excuse guarded.
Jonathan Swift
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There are many excuses for the person who made the mistake of confounding money and wealth. Like many others they mistook the sign for the thing signified.
Millicent Fawcett
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The Universe is responding purely to the desire that you have right now, and if the desires that you have right now are pure and unencumbered by all of your excuses about why you're not where you want to be, your vibration would be pure and the Universe would yield to you easily and it would not take years or weeks or days. It would be instant manifestation.
Esther Hicks
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My favourite riposte to a heckle is to say, 'Excuse me, I'm trying to work here. How would you like it if I stood yelling down the alley while you're giving blow jobs to transsexuals?'
Paul Merton
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Your excuses will never be as good as the story of how you got it done.
Chris Brogan
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People used to say, "Ignorance is no excuse." Today, ignorance is no problem. After all, you have "a right to your own opinion" - and self-esteem to boot.
Thomas Sowell
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Misfortune is no excuse for cruelty.
Ned Vizzini
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Everybody's not going to understand where God has called you to go, but that is not an excuse for you not to go there. Then, when He puts you in certain places, it's a spiritual warfare to stay there.
CeCe Winans
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People make excuses [for not wanting to fight me]. It has a lot to do with my style. I'm a crafty fighter but I can also punch.
Erislandy Lara
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Make lists of positive aspects. Make lists of things you love - and never complain about anything. And as you use those things that shine bright and make you feel good as your excuse to give your attention and be who-you-are, you will tune to who-you-are, and the whole world will begin to transform before your eyes. It is not your job to transform the world for others-but it is your job to transform it for you. A state of appreciation is pure Connection to Source where there is no perception of lack.
Esther Hicks
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I feel fine now. It's not an excuse, I really feel fine now.
Felix Hernandez
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But ignorance of the law is no excuse. A person is guilty even if he breaks the law unknowingly. I shall be perhaps the first of the defendants to get up on that stand and admit that I am at least partly guilty.
Walther Funk
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Well, I work out three to four times a week, in a gym, which - thank God - is right in my building here in New York City. It's in the Reebok building, and it's got every kind of weightlifting equipment you can imagine, spread out over six floors, plus basketball courts and everything else. And because it's right in the building, there's no excuse.
Regis Philbin
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If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it
George Foreman
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Finding an excuse not to buy a brand can be just as enjoyable as finding an excuse to buy one. That, too, is human nature.
David F. D'Alessandro
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The truth is just an excuse for lack of imagination.
Nolan Bushnell
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Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
Norman Vincent Peale
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The United States is using its war on drugs as an excuse to expand its control over Latin America.
Evo Morales
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You want appreciation. Even though you like what's happening now doesn't mean that you still don't want appreciation or greater stimulation. It just means you're not using something in your now as your excuse to not let in all those things that you've been wanting. The perfect creative stance is satisfaction where I am, and eagerness for more.
Esther Hicks