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• Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Failure, Destiny, Tyrants

  Enlarged Devil's Dictionary (1967) p. 64

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• An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

  Alexander Pope

  Honesty, Motivation, Lying

  Alexander Pope (1822). “The Works”, p.393

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• However, don't let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started.

  Marilu Henner

  Perfectionism, Getting Started

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• The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

  Jules Renard

  Freedom, Food, Men

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• A true friend sees past your excuses to the real reason it's not your fault.

  Robert Breault

  True Friend, Real, Past

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• I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom because I can't breathe.

  Shannen Doherty

  Guy, Sitting, Dinner

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• Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

  Michael Caine

  Men, Games, Obsession

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• Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world.

  Tommy Chong

  Art, New York, World

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• Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Failure, Cigarette Smoke, Light

  "The Pure and the Impure". Book by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, 1932.

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• An excuse is a lie guarded.

  Jonathan Swift

  Lying, Responsibility, Guarded

  Jonathan Swift (1850). “The works of Jonathan Swift: containing interesting and valuable papers, not hitherto published ; with a memoir of the author”, p.837

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• The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.

  George W. Bush

  Growth, Financial, Economic

  George W. Bush (2010). “Decision Points”, p.471, Random House

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• I think what's going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn't say it's the cause of terrorism, but it has given impetus and excuses to potential terrorists to lash out at our country and justify their despicable acts.

  Jimmy Carter

  Country, Thinking, Confusion

  "Carter: Iraq War is 'Unjust'". www.foxnews.com. July 30, 2005.

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• What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people. I'm embarrassed about it, I think its wrong. I think it does give terrorists an unwarranted excuse to use the despicable means to hurt innocent people.

  Jimmy Carter

  Hurt, Mean, Thinking

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• I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

  Stephen R. Donaldson

  Use, Limitation

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• I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.

  James Cash Penney

  Believe, Hard Work, Life Is Hard

  James Cash Penney, Robert Walter Bruère (1931). “J.C. Penney: the Man with a Thousand Partners: An Autobiography of J.C. Penney”

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• We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

  Serj Tankian

  Peace, War, Ubuntu

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

  G. M. Trevelyan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Teamwork

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• I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.

  Gene Tierney

  Mistake, Kind, Used

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• People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band.

  James Young

  Rocks, People, Giving

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• The world used us as an excuse to go mad.

  George Harrison

  Mad, World, Used

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• Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime

  Jimmy Cannon

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

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• When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?'

  Anthony Holden

  Taken, Men, Umpires

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• I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to put it idiotically simply, is allowed to talk crazy.

  Jonathan Lethem

  Crazy, Book, Character

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• The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Dont blame others for your own inadequacies.

  Greg Ginn

  Predator, Use, Blame

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• I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people.

  Louie Anderson

  Hurt, Sorry, Responsibility

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