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• Stem-cell research on embryos is an even worse excuse for the slaughter of life than abortion. No woman is even being spared an inconvenience this time.... It's just harvest and slaughter, harvest and slaughter, harvest and slaughter.

  Ann Coulter

  Cells, Abortion, Research

  Ann Coulter (2006). “Godless: The Church of Liberalism”, p.195, Crown Forum

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• Contrasting British servicemen and women with the appeasers, it is hard not to laugh. Are these two sides even the same species, let alone the same nationality? On one hand the selflessness and internationalism of the soldiers; on the other the Whites-First isolationism of the protesters. Excuse me, who are the idealists here?

  Julie Burchill

  Hands, Two Sides, Laughing

  "Don't take my name in vain" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. March 28, 2013.

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• My excuse for not lecturing against the use of tobacco is, that I never chewed it; that is a penalty which reformed tobacco-chewers have to pay; though there are things enough I have chewed which I could lecture against.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Reform, Use, Pay

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown”, p.54, Graphic Arts Books

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• I wandered around in a confused daze for most of the '90s unable to even remember why I wanted to be a filmmaker and somehow I found myself at the turn of the century. I used lost film as an excuse to express myself.

  Guy Maddin

  Confused, Daze, Remember

  Source: thequietus.com

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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

  Thinking, Opposites, People

  "Iran's Javad Zarif on Syria, Russia, and Donald Trump". Interview with Robin Wright, www.newyorker.com. December 18, 2015.

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• I would jump into the middle of the street and say, "excuse me, there's a Mercedes that's got to get through here." And I would push people out of the way, "get out of the way! Let him through!" Smacking their cars and stuff. Just like, "whack" and you just jump into it.

  Bill Murray

  People, Car, Stuff

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• There is no excuse for a billion dollar industry to have somebody who's pushing papers on an administrative level - which is still very important in terms of getting projects done - it's imbalanced and completely illogical and example of how badly this art form has been rapped... for them niggas to have health care benefits but for themselves to share in no part to that? It's very telling about the climate of the music industry.

  Immortal Technique

  Art, Important, Climate

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• I don't see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, 'I'ma do that,' and they do it. That's it. There's no scientifical process.

  Kevin Hart

  People, Want, Process

  "Interview: Kevin Hart Talks 'About Last Night,' Being the 'It Guy,' and More (Opens Tomorrow)" by Jai Tiggett, www.indiewire.com. February 13, 2014.

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• Necessity is our quickest excuse.

  Benjamin Franklin

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• We make up any excuse to preserve myths about people we love, but the reverse is also true; if we dislike an individual we adamantly resist changing our opinion, even when somebody offers proof of his decency, because it's vital to have myths about both the gods and devils in our lives.

  Marlon Brando

  People, Devil, Opinion

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• I'm not making excuses for the missed opportunities of the Israelis, or the lack of generosity, the lack of empathy that I think goes hand-in-hand with the suspicion. So, yes, there is more that the Israelis need to do to really demonstrate that they do understand the pain of an oppressed people in their minds, and they want to figure out, within the bounds of security and a Jewish democratic state, what can be accomplished.

  Hillary Clinton

  Pain, Opportunity, Thinking

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• We lie to ourselves in order that we may still have the excuse of ignorance, the alibi of stupidity and incomprehension, possessing which we can continue with a good conscience to commit and tolerate the most monstrous crimes.

  Aldous Huxley

  Lying, Ignorance, Order

  Aldous Huxley (2001). “Complete Essays: 1936-1938”, Ivan R Dee

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• There is another consequence of any belief in a single god, and that is that it is a very good excuse for people to behave very badly.

  Philip Pullman

  People, Belief, Very Good

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• Excuse me while I go bleach my face.

  Elle Casey

  Bleach, Faces, Excuse Me

  Elle Casey (2012). “Apocalypsis: Book 1 (Kahayatle)”, p.104, Elle Casey

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• The greatest obstacle is simply this: the belief that we cannot change because we are dependent on what is wrong. That is the addict's excuse.

  Walter Wink

  Belief, Obstacles, Dependent

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• The moment you believe your own crap and excuses, you fail.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Believe, Excuse You, Failing

  Twitter post from Jul 31, 2013

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• Being in a rock band is just an excuse not to get a job

  Billy Corgan

  Jobs, Rocks, Band

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• Now that we have the line-item veto there is no excuse for Congress to put pork in and no reason for the president not to line-item veto it out.

  John McCain

  President, Pork, Lines

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• Englishmen do like to get in a dress, any excuse.

  Noel Fielding

  Dresses, Englishmen

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• The appetizer is just an excuse for an extra meal. Let's see, I will start with the eighty buffalo wings.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Wings, Meals, Buffalo

  Jim Gaffigan (2014). “Food: A Love Story”, p.194, Crown Archetype

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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

  Appreciation, Jobs, Eye

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• Looked at objectively, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of civilian deaths resulting from political violence are produced by what should be understood as "state terror." Terrorism also serves as an excuse to avoid diplomacy and the peaceful resolution of conflict.

  Richard A. Falk

  Political, Peaceful, Majority

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• In fact, I'm a bit of a slob, but I've always said my excuse, I have a higher sense of order, I can see it where others can't. That's my excuse for slobbery, I must admit, but I think it's a good one.

  David Hockney

  Thinking, Order, Facts

  Interview with John Tusa, www.americansuburbx.com. May 21, 2009.

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• There were two main points I wanted to get across in Valentine, the first being that yes, Valentine's Day is an arbitrary day, but why would you not take that excuse to celebrate love? The second point. . .since it is just an arbitrary day. . .why not treat every day like Valentine's Day?

  Kina Grannis

  Valentine, Two, Firsts

  "Rising Star: Kina Grannis". Interview, www.seventeen.com. July 14, 2010.

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• When you stop making excuses and you work hard and go hard you will be very successful.

  DJ Khaled

  Hard Work, Successful, Go Hard

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