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• [Ted Denson] is sort of a reluctant leader. He didn't try to flex his influence. He's just eminently followable.

  George Wendt

  Leader, Trying, Influence

  Source: www.gq.com

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• Spring had come. Despite the many wet and gusty days which April had thrust in rude challenge upon reluctant May, in the glory of the triumphant sun which flooded the concave blue of heaven and the myriad shaded green of earth, the whole world knew to-day, the whole world proclaimed that spring had come. The yearly miracle had been performed.

  Ralph Connor

  Spring, Book, Blue

  Ralph Connor (2009). “The Major”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• How gracious are the gods in bestowing high positions; and how reluctant are they to insure them when given.

  Lucian

  Given, Gracious, Position

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• Living in a culture that prefers to shut out the dark, avoid shadows, and anesthetize pain means that many people are isolated. ... Family, friends, and co-workers, fearful of the dark, are reluctant to participate in our shadow experience and may urge us to be done with the dark before it is done with us.

  Susan Wittig Albert

  Pain, Mean, Dark

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• I've been painting off and on since I was in sixth grade. I don't paint when I'm acting - I'm not really able to split my focus that way. I do it intensely when I'm doing it, but I'm reluctant to take myself too seriously as a painter because that would mean there would be pressure to be better than I am.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Mean, Focus, Acting

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• Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.

  Andrew Stanton

  People, Guy, Pixar

  "20 Things to Know About JOHN CARTER; Plus an Awesome Interview with Director Andrew Stanton and Your First Look at a Tharks". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. July 11, 2011.

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• The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear.

  Tess Gerritsen

  Courage, Hero, Acting

  Tess Gerritsen, Julie Miller, Janie Crouch (2016). “Secrets Uncovered: A Romantic Suspense Collection: Never Say Die\Kansas City Cover-Up\Infiltration”, p.180, Harlequin

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• I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don't pick up a book are engaged with what I'm writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I've done my job.

  Rick Riordan

  Jobs, Book, Writing

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• Advertising ... is a parasitic activity; it forces goods for which there is no real need or demand on a foolish or even a reluctant public, always by appealing to their lower instincts.

  Ann Bridge

  Real, Needs, Demand

  Ann Bridge (2013). “Singing Waters”, p.175, A&C Black

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• My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect them with reading that interests them, to expand the definition of reading to include humor, science fiction/fantasy, nonfiction, graphic novels, wordless books, audio books and comic books.

  Jon Scieszka

  Book, Reading, Fiction

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• Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to significance.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Disappointment, Come Up, Outlook

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• Beginning a new habit, or ending an old one can feel like letting go of a rope that swings a mile above the ground. So we feel reluctant to let go, after all, we've survived so far doing what we've done, why risk it.

  Philippa Perry

  Letting Go, Swings, Risk

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  War, Democracy, Venture

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• There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

  George Michael

  Stars

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

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• More coming out about Saddam Hussein. We now know he takes Viagra and he has as many as six mistresses. No wonder Congress is reluctant to take action against this guy - he's one of their own.

  Jay Leno

  Guy, Mistress, Hussein

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• I'm so reluctant to do newspaper interviews because it's so misleading how they interpret what you say.

  Davy Jones

  Interviews, Newspapers, Mislead

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• I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified.

  William Gibson

  Fiction, Feels, Qualified

  Interview with Amy Cavanaugh, www.avclub.com. October 14, 2011.

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• You tend to get reluctant to talk about anything until the day before filming.

  Will Ferrell

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• It is the poor man who clenches so tightly to the gold he is given - for fear of losing it. The man of wealth spends his gold freely to accomplish his will in the world. It is the same with life.' Suddenly ashamed of my conspicuous poverty, I lowered my eyes. But Scatha placed a hand beneath my chin and raised my head. 'Cling too tightly to your life and you will lose it, my Reluctant Warrior. You must become the master of your life, not its slave.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Eye, Warrior, Men

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• Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide feedback to the person's skills, it usually begins to be intrinsically rewarding.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Skills, Effort, Demand

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). “Flow: the psychology of optimal experience”

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• By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot claim the power to redistribute money or property nor to force reluctant citizens to perform acts of charity against their will. Government is created by the people. No individual possesses the power to take another's wealth or to force others to do good, so no government has the the right to do such things either. The creature cannot exceed the creator.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Government, People, Defense

  Ezra Taft Benson (1986). “The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner”, Shadow Mountain

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• It was not in my nature to be an assertive person. I was used to looking to others for guidance, for influence, sometimes for the most basic cues of life. And yet writing stories is one of the most assertive things a person can do. Fiction is an act of willfulness, a deliberate effort to reconceive, to rearrange, to reconstitute nothing short of reality itself. Even among the most reluctant and doubtful of writers, this willfulness must emerge. Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying, "Listen to me."

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Writing, Mean, Reality

  "Trading Stories". www.newyorker.com. June 13 & 20, 2011.

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• I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner

  Tony Benn

  Peers, Politics, Persistent

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• Came to . . . see you.” “But I had to go home, remember? You were supposed to say good-bye.” “Don't know why you . . . say good-bye. I say . . . hello.” Her lip quivers between reactions, but she ends up with a reluctant smile. “God you're a cheeseball. But seriously, R—

  Isaac Marion

  Home, Remember You, Remembers You

  Isaac Marion (2012). “Warm Bodies: A Novel”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

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• Have McNab take the edge if you need one. Can he handle bad cop?" "He does it really well during personal role-playing games when I'm the reluctant witness.

  Nora Roberts

  Playing Games, Doe, Role Playing

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