Apologizing Quotes - Page 9

• Long sentences, awkward constructions, and fuzzy-wuzzy words that seem to apologize for daring to venture an opinion are part of the price the law reviews pay for their precious dignity.

  Fred Rodell

  Law, Long, Awkward

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• Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world... Tomorrow we will lead the world, Allah willing. Apologize today, before remorse will do you no good. Our nation is moving forwards, and it is in your interest to respect a victorious nation.

  Khaled Mashal

  Moving, Israel, Thrones

  Khaled Mashal's Address at the Al-Murabit Mosque in Damascus, 2006.

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• We must always apologize for talking painting.

  Paul Valery

  Expression, Talking, Painting

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• In general, the best advice I can give people is to take criticism seriously, apologize for anything you have done wrong, and pull back from conflict. Of course, if you are right on a content matter, you should press forward in the interest of quality, but conflict often has a way of taking on a life of its own, unfortunately.

  Jimmy Wales

  People, Giving, Advice

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• In the very early stages of working in sports, I was sick of being referred to as "the Barbie doll" because I had long, blond, fake hair. So I went and bought a boxed hair color, dyed my hair black, and put on glasses. And I looked ridiculous. I looked like a completely different person. I was trying to get away from the stereotype but what I realized in doing that is that what I say and how I conduct myself in what I do will speak for itself, and I don't need to apologize for being a woman in that space.

  Charissa Thompson

  Sports, Color, Space

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• You don't have to apologize for being feminine in a male space.

  Charissa Thompson

  Space, Males, Feminine

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• ...if I need to apologize for misrepresenting God's love I'd rather apologize for overstating His love than for understating it.

  Steve McVey

  Needs, His Love, God's Love

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• Don't worry. Don't apologize. Don't cower behind the defeated security of there is no 'room for someone like me'. There isn't room for any one of us. It's up to you to make a place for yourself in the world. So get to work.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Worry, Up To You, World

  "Dear Sugar, The Rumpus Advice Column #82: The God Of Doing It Anyway". therumpus.net. August 18, 2011.

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• Maybe I'm too close to the two Democrats to be against either one. I went to law school with Barack Obama and worked in the Clinton White House, so I have connections and allegiances to both candidates. [...] But I cannot remain silent any longer while my own senator destroys the Democratic Party, and her own reputation, in a desperate and degrading effort to appeal to the lowest common denominator. It's time for Senator Clinton to act like a leader that I know she can be. Hillary Clinton not only needs to defend Barack Obama, she needs to apologize to him.

  Keith Boykin

  Party, School, White

  "Clinton Owes Obama An Apology" by Keith Boykin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 26, 2008.

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• What we were doing was trying to simply get the information we need once we learned from our vendor after the software glitch occurred that there had been a breach by the Sanders campaign staff, which I was glad to see senator [Bernie] Sanders acknowledge that was wrong and apologize for.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Trying, Information, Glitches

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I decided that instead of apologizing for having a lot to say, I wanted to create a format where people would come to hear me sing and speak.

  India.Arie

  People, Speak, Wanted

  "The Legend, The Voice: India.Arie". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 25, 2013.

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• I try to be sensitive, but the atmosphere I create is very supportive. One overriding premise of the series is that guilt is not heritable. It's good to know about them, but you are not responsible for them. You don't have to apologize for them. It's a process of knowing, and the more you know, the richer the sense of yourself. The firmer your foundation as a human being is

  Henry Louis Gates

  Knowing, Atmosphere, Supportive

  "Black Ancestry Matters on 'Finding Your Roots'". Interview with Alexandra Phanor-Faury, www.ebony.com. January 26, 2016.

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• It's hard to discipline yourself not to explain yourself or apologize.

  Joel Stein

  Discipline, Explain Yourself, Hard

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Japan is formally apologizing and admitting the state was responsible for the system of comfort stations or brothels for soldiers in which mostly teenage girls were expected to service 60 to 70 men a day. That is from a U.N. report.

  Elise Hu

  Girl, Teenage, Men

  "South Korea, Japan Reach Major Deal On Wartime Sex Slaves". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. December 28, 2015.

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• I saw Vicente Fox use the word that he used. I can only tell you, if I would have used even half of that word, it would have been national scandal. This guy used a filthy, disgusting word on television, and he should be ashamed of himself, and he should apologize, OK?

  Donald Trump

  Guy, Use, Television

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• The role of Iran has been very destructive. As an Iranian, I apologize to the civilian people of Syria who have been killed as a result of the useless intervention of Iran in Syria.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Iran, People, Roles

  "Iran’s Nobel Peace Laureate Speaks From Exile". Interview with Bryan Schatz, www.motherjones.com. February 29, 2016.

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• Jesus is humble, and His servants must not be proud; but Jesus was never mean or cowardly, nor must His servants be. There was no braver man than Christ. He could stoop to save a soul, but He would stoop to nothing by which His character might be compromised or truth and righteousness insulted. To preach the Gospel boldly is to deliver it as such a message ought to be delivered. Blush to preach of a dying Saviour? Apologize for talking about the Son of God condescending to be made man that He might redeem us from all iniquity? Never!

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Humble, Character

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1990). “The Quotable Spurgeon”, Shaw

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• Tracy Morgan apologizes for his homophobic rant, still no apologies for the sketch about the guy living under the street.

  Andy Kindler

  Apology, Guy, Homophobic

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• People think that if [their abusive] parent apologizes, he'll turn into the person they needed him to be. He won't. An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.

  Robin Quivers

  Apology, Thinking, People

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• I wake at 5 or 5:30 most mornings, make myself a latte and grab a cookie, write until 10 or 11, go have my favorite meal, 'second breakfast,' or grab coffee with friends, or play basketball. Then, around noon, I begin apologizing via email for the manuscripts I can't get to.

  Jess Walter

  Basketball, Morning, Coffee

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• The best way to apologize is to let the customer vent first. Don't interrupt, just take notes and make empathetic noises. You can even tell the customer that it makes you mad too. Second, ask the customer what their speed of need is. Tell them what they ant to hear. That you apologize, that you understand how they feel, that you are meeting with the appropriate people to get a resolve, and that it will be done in 24-hours.

  Jeffrey Gitomer

  People, Mad, Needs

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• I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence.

  Ian Mcewan

  Men, Play, Watches

  "Ian McEwan: By the Book". The New York Times Interview, www.nytimes.com. December 6, 2012.

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• In a lot of roles, strong women feel like they need to apologize. But men don't need to apologize for being ruthless and women somehow do?

  Rodrigo Santoro

  Strong Women, Needs, Roles

  Source: collider.com

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• I will never apologize for being me, speaking the truth & giving all of me to the world. I will never apologize for being real & how I feel.

  Behdad Sami

  Real, Giving, World

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• If you visit your friend, why need you apologize for not having visited him, and waste his time and deface your own act? Visit him now.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Needs, Waste, Need You

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.160, Penguin

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