quotes about Refrain
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I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.
-- Alan Bennett -
When will talkers refrain from evil speaking: when listeners refrain from evil-hearing.
-- Augustus William Hare -
We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior.
-- Chen Shui-bian -
I refrain from lots of things I love, like cheese and carbs. I eat plenty of greens every day, my favorite being watercress.
-- Chloe Sevigny -
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Well, thanks for not shooting anyone, I guess", said Marcus. "My contribution was to somehow refrain from peeing myself. You can thank me later.
-- Dan Wells -
There's an old blues refrain: I begged for water, you gave me gasoline.
-- Forrest Gander -
The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.
-- François-René de ChateaubriandSource : Le Genie de Christianisme pt. 2, bk. 1, ch. 3 (1802)
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The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
-- Horace -
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Refrain from throwing your bicycle in public. It shows poor upbringing
-- Jacquie Phelan -
What is most important is to cease legislating for all lives what is liveable only for some, and similarly, to refrain from proscribing for all lives what is unlivable for some.
-- Judith Butler -
I cannot refrain from saying that women must come to recognize there is some function of womanhood other than being a child-bearing machine.
-- Margaret Sanger -
I can, of course, think what I want, just like everyone else. I simply have to refrain from saying everything I think.
-- Margrethe II of Denmark -
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The public is increasingly disgusted with a steady diet of defamation, and prepared to reward those who refrain from it.
-- Mitch Daniels -
I am a very shy person who is just close to himself. So I would refrain from talking about my personal life.
-- N. T. Rama Rao Jr. -
It is possible to have words come to your mind, and still refrain from speaking them aloud.
-- Orson Scott Card -
If anyone does not refrain from the love of money, he will be defiled by idolatry and so be judged as if he were one of the heathen.
-- Polycarp -
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On the set of Besharam I had to refrain from smoking, out of respect for my parents
-- Ranbir Kapoor -
The Verse-Refrain form starts with a context before the topic that the Refrain is talking about happens.
-- Ryan Cayabyab -
Love, and do what you will. If you keep silence, do it out of love. If you cry out, do it out of love. If you refrain from punishing, do it out of love.
-- Saint Augustine -
I plead with you to have the courage to refrain from judging and criticizing those around you, as well as the courage to make certain that everyone is included and feels loved and valued.
-- Thomas S. Monson -
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Eva [Braun] also cried when [Adolf Hitler] would leave her for long periods. She was inconsolable without him, that was a never-changing refrain.
-- Gretl Braun