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- Nov 07, 2020
Excused Quotes
On being let off the hook — or not.
These excused quotes examine the line between a fair exception and a hollow excuse, from a kneeling custom lifted only for those excused from doing so, to a warning that weak excuses for not reaching out ring hollow. It's a theme rooted in duty and honesty.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
What kind of pupil was I? Well, I was a swot, but I was allowed to be without any ill effects by my contemporaries because I was excused from games due to my asthma. So being a swot was something to compensate for not being to play football.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
We could talk, act, and dress funny. We were excused for socially inappropriate behavior: 'Oh, he's a programmer'. It was all because we knew this technology stuff that other people found completely mystifying.
- Busy
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are all busy. It's easy to find excuses for not reaching out to others, but I imagine they will sound as hollow to our Heavenly Father as the elementary school boy who gave his teacher a note asking that he be excused from school March 30th through the 34th.
- Free Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
A Gorean slave girl in the presence of a free man or woman always kneels, unless excused from doing so.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The show originally started out as a ten hour mini-series. We shot two hours and then were excused for a while, for no apparent reason. Things went very quiet for a time and then a few months later we were called back and told that it was going to be a full season.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The wrongful arrest of tens of thousands of British Muslims after the September 11 attacks can be explained by the very poor intelligence the police had, and, just possibly, excused by the fact that a terrorist action in Britain linked to British Muslims would have been hugely damaging.
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- Nov 07, 2020
No day passes without a Democratic politician, a left-wing commentator, or, if I may be excused a redundancy, a left-wing academic labeling Republicans and conservatives racist.
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- Nov 07, 2020