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Last updated on November 9, 2024.
What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations.
My parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it.
There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky. — © Julie Christie
There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky.
I have refused to do plenty of films since there are some scenes that I am not comfortable doing on screen.
You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
I've always refused requests even from friends to employ a technique I know nothing about.
As a matter of fact, she has refused to marry me.” “So when's the wedding?” Ramsey asked.
Whenever I refused to follow my fate, something very hard to bear would happen in my life.
Time and again I was asked to arrest Jamaat activists but I put my foot down and refused to cave in.
The photo shoots were not easy. I cried and refused to do anything that would shame my mother and father.
A large oak tree is just a little nut that refused to give up.
There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare. — © Mary Renault
There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare.
It's monstrous that Europe, which is fighting for human rights, refused seriously sick Slobodan Milosevic treatment.
I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.
I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.
It would be difficult to discover the truth about the universe if we refused to consider anything that might be true.
Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused; or, if received, are pocketed, not read.
All my friends went to the Madonna concert when I was in, maybe, the 9th grade, and my mother refused to let me go.
I have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thing. I don't want to cheat people.
I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down
Jesus refused to produce a sign for Herod because it was not the Father's will.
My only joys therefore are that when God has given me a work to do, I have not refused it.
The earthly meaning of eternal life was death, and she refused to die.
I refused to be a fool dancing on a string held by all of those big shots. I don't apologise, that's my life
It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that the rest of the world refused to acknowledge.
Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.
I had acted opposite Sathyaraj in 'Uchchi Thanai Mugarndhal.' It was a role which some actresses refused to do.
If you steadfastly refused to quit, you rapidly narrowed your options to only winning.
When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.
Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
I refused to conform to an image that a lot of people thought a president's brother should adopt.
He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused."
I refused to be disrespected. So, at 16, of course, I was a gentleman about it, but I told them and it cost me my job.
What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words? — © Richard Russo
What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words?
It is true that I once refused to eat haggis in Scotland and this did not sit well with the local population.
My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.
I have direction, but I was very particular about the things that I wanted to do, and I refused to get just like, a regular job.
I was told when I went for a life-insurance exam when I was 18 that I was not likely to live past 50, so I refused to pay the premium.
Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
I refused to wear make-up on TV. I wanted my music to be heard.
He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.
Denmark and Estonia both refused to prosecute the Danske Bank case when we filed in 2013.
I have always refused to do something that has offended me. I have been offered potential roles that are totally vulgar. — © Christopher Walken
I have always refused to do something that has offended me. I have been offered potential roles that are totally vulgar.
The Obama administration has consistently refused to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli territory, let alone as the capital of Israel.
Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts.
I don't want my fans to have the same disappointment as me when I was refused by some players to sign my notebook when I was young.
Obama has refused to equip, or to arm, any rebel groups fighting Assad or his forces.
As American families and businesses have been forced to tighten their belts, Washington has refused to do the same.
I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.
I refused 'Chatuskone,' as I was required to wear revealing outfits and enact a few intimate scenes, which I was not comfortable with.
I refused [to study under Rodin] because nothing grows under large trees.
Alas for those girls who've refused the truth: The sweetest tongue has the sharpest tooth.
After I made 'Oh Carolina' in the 1990s, the record company wanted me to copy that sound, and I refused.
I devour books. But for the longest time, I refused to pay attention to genre or labels.
I don't reverberate to victimhood, probably because of my own life. I refused to become a victim myself, so it's not one of my big stories.
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