6 QUOTES WITH «DEFEATIST»
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defeatist.
Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.
And this year, when we end the cruel, defeatist practice of passing children who cannot read into fourth grade, and when our most diligent students begin to graduate from high school in 11 years, and get a head start on college costs with the dollars they earned through their hard work, others will take notice of Indiana yet again.
Of course women can have it all - if they want it all. I won't hear any defeatist talk. If you just dwell on problems, you won't get anywhere fast.
I've been trying to write a book since before I was old enough to vote, and I've collected many rejection slips from publishers and magazines. I used to keep them all stuck to my refrigerator, with magnets, but an ex-girlfriend told me they were depressing, and defeatist, and suggested I take them down. A very wise suggestion on her part.
It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been.
I'm not going to take this defeatist attitude and listen to all this crap any more from all these people who have nothing except doomsday to predict.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFEATIST»
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Collects illustrated, satirical stories about the author's life, war, politics, and sex, including the tales "Voyage to the End of the Library" and "When Good Bombs Happen to Bad People."
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101 Reasons Not to Do Anything: A Collection of Cynical and ...
Quotations honoring procrastination and apathy are plentiful in this book that will have the reader thoroughly unmotivated to do anything.
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Schizophrenia: Cognitive Theory, Research, and Therapy
Defeatist Performance Beliefs Rector (2004) has found that patients with negative
symptoms are likely to endorse dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes that reveal
overly generalized negative conclusions regarding their own task performance.
Aaron T. Beck, Neil A. Rector, Neal Stolar, 2008
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Comics by Joe Sacco: Footnotes in Gaza, Notes from a ...
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Passion for Justice: Retrieving the Legacies of Walter ...
Consequently, the uneasy conscience is eased "prematurely," and saints are
tempted to sin so that grace may abound while the sinners are left with the task of
making human relations slightly more just.187 This "defeatist" theology is not ...
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Women's Identities at War: Gender, Motherhood, and Politics ...
object of [spreading] the most active defeatist and even revolutionary
propaganda." 74 Other Parisian papers denounced her as a follower of "
Malthusianism, defeatism, antimilitarism, and anarchy ... a member of
revolutionary groups.
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Conversations with Eritrean Political Prisoners
PFDJ. Secretary. Highlights. Defeatist. Stand. of. a. Few. Central. Council.
Members. €ritreo. Profile,. flugust. 18,. 2001. In an interview he gave to Hadas
Eritrea newspaper on 8 August 2001, the Secretary of the People's Front for
Democracy ...
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Nuclear First Strike: Consequences of a Broken Taboo
Less. Defeatist. Responses. to. a. Rogue. State. Attack. (Category. E). The
American public has generally responded with overwhelmed surrender to the
AIDS epidemic in Africa, where the numbers of projected victims are so horrible
that most ...
Yet the sullen- ness began to come through the wit, and finally he gave up trying
to cover up his defeatist attitude. In his case, he really was not able to fight City
Hall or, in this case, the executives of NBC. If Jack had taken a different attitude ...
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Marxism and the Trade Unions
Rather, everything is to be explained by "the defeatist and treacherous policies of
the AFL-CIO misleaders." A more banal explanation could hardly be imagined. A
paleontologist might just as well declare that the dinosaurs became extinct ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFEATIST»
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defeatist is used in the context of the following news items.
North Korea's Kim Jong-un orders farmer's execution - after his …
The state's 'Supreme Leader' denounced the manager as "defeatist" and had him shot after the tour. Professor Remc Breuker, an expert in ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
Enter Sandman: why have Democrats fallen in love with Bernie …
Bernie's biggest obstacle to the White House is the defeatist attitude of an electorate that is constantly being told by big money that big money is ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Ego Likeness 'When The Wolves Return' Album Stream
The message is not uplifting, nor is it defeatist. It's simply the reality, because the wolves can always come back. They haven't been destroyed, ... «Bloody Disgusting, Jul 15»
Jim's Gems: Commit to Excellence
This is a winner's attitude, not a defeatist mentality. As someone who wants to succeed, you need to commit to a life of excellence now, and ... «Quality Magazine, Jul 15»
The lowdown: Vetiver Imperiale
Don't be so defeatist. Yes, but Vetiver Imperiale isn't a restaurant. It's a unisex fragrance. A fragrance, as in perfume? From a chef? What does it ... «The Times, Jul 15»
Making DPR More Efficient
DPR's defeatist posturing has again underscored the imperatives of passing the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to establish a strong, independent ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
#360view: Arab tennis players must stop making excuses and start …
Granted, it is important to speak up and tell the Arab federations what needs to be done but the defeatist attitude that blames the lack of success ... «Sport360°, Jul 15»
Why Arabs must resolve the Libya and Yemen crises now
This is a defeatist view and a way to avoid responsibility. The Gulf has many policy tools, and all they have to do is put serious efforts into new ... «Al-Arabiya, Jul 15»
LIGHTS, CAMERA and a call to ACTION
Instead of taking the defeatist attitude of “we are not South Carolina or Georgia or New Orleans,” let us work with Film Indiana, the state's film ... «Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Jul 15»
The week: July 6
Helena Morrissey, the boss of Newton and chairman of the Investment Association, described the comments as “defeatist”, but also called for ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
