Why do we procrastinate leaving? The denial phase is a humbling one. It takes a while to come to terms with our miserable luck. Rowley puts it this way: 'Fires only happen to other people.' We have a tendency to believe that everything is OK because, well, it almost always has been before. Amanda Ripley
How 'bout a shot of truth in that denial cocktail.
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Jennifer Salaiz
To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.
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Oscar Wilde
Now what state do you live in?'' Denial.
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Bill Watterson
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.
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George R.r. Martin
Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Voltaire
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