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Quotes About Withdrawal

Throughout those years of war, as I frantically scoured the hinterland for the old manuscripts that the heads of monasteries had secreted in lacquered chests, I witnessed the Americans' imperviousness to the realities of Cambodia. Yet today I do not know what I reproach them for more, their intervention or their withdrawal.
~ François Bizot
In his failure Nhu had withdrawn so far into himself that in the end his face was a mask that no longer opened onto the real world.
~ Frances FitzGerald
To the Son of God prayer was more important than the assembling of great throngs . . . He often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed [Luke 5:15–16].
~ Billy Graham
The soul must accept guilt in order to destroy existing evil, lest it incur the greater guilt of idyllic withdrawal, of seeming to be good by putting up with wrong.
~ bloch ernst ii
Despite almost daily reports of chaos and discord in the White House, the public did not know how bad the internal situation actually was. Trump was always shifting, rarely fixed, erratic. He would get in a bad mood, something large or small would infuriate him, and he would say about the KORUS trade agreement, "We're withdrawing today.
~ Bob Woodward
He withdrew, murmuring to hell with you. And added, brightly, but then you're there, aren't you.
~ Harlan Ellison
He withdrew, murmuring to hell with you. And added, brightly, but then you're there, aren't you.
~ Harlan Ellison
He withdrew, murmuring to hell with you. And added, brightly, but then you're there, aren't you. The
~ Harlan Ellison
I came to the conclusion that people were just peculiar, I withdrew from them, and never thought about them until I was forced to.
~ Harper Lee
There is an instinctive withdrawal for the sake of preservation, a closure that assumes the order of completion. Winter is a season unto itself.
~ Haruki Murakami
Immediately after 11 September, the U.S. closed down the Somali charitable network Al-Barakaat on grounds that it was financing terror. This achievement was hailed one of the great successes of the 'war on terror.' In contrast, Washington's withdrawal of its charges as without merit a year later aroused little notice.
~ Noam Chomsky
When President Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Accords, he acted irresponsibly given the trajectory of the global climate and severely lessened our power internationally.
~ Amy McGrath
Meditation upon the unknown Thought He thought was real meditation. No, meditation is not and cannot be On any thought. Meditation is a conscious withdrawal From the thought-world. Meditation is the place Where Reality, Divinity and Immortality Can each claim their own Perennial existence-light.
~ Sri Chinmoy
She detested rows and scenes, but enjoyed quietly pitting her cool will against opposition. It amused her; and when she was defeated, she withdrew in good order and lost interest in the campaign. She had little or no sporting spirit. Bloody battles to the death bored her, nor did she like other people to win.
~ Stella Gibbons
God once declared He was true And then took the veil and withdrew.
~ Robert Frost
I wasn't unkind to him. I just didn't talk to him. I didn't talk to anybody, and I didn't want anybody talking to me. That was the plan.
~ Michael Chabon
But sometimes not being responded to leaves us feeling so hurt and angry that it can make us retreat from relationships, even for years.
~ Michael P. Nichols
Congratulations, love. You traded up. Does he treat you well?' 'He's a teddy bear,' I said. Teddy bear looked like he was suffering from murder withdrawal. (Rene and Kate on Jim!)
~ Ilona Andrews
Whole continents sagged under the weight of so much ice and even now, twelve thousand years after the glaciers' withdrawal, are still rising back into place.
~ Bill Bryson
The others were silent and only seemed to be encouraging Trump. Porter was appalled that the president was even considering a preemptive withdrawal from NAFTA.
~ Bob Woodward
The September 5, 2017, draft letter to the South Korean president withdrawing from the trade agreement.
~ Bob Woodward
Lindsey Graham was furious with both Biden and Trump, given the final decision to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan. He believed both did not recognize the full consequences.
~ Bob Woodward
Mentally I have led a vegetable existence this summer.
~ Sylvia Plath
In contrast, the majority of profits in an index fund are not taxed annually, but are deferred until the money is withdrawn—and then taxes are paid at the lower capital gains rates.
~ Taylor Larimore