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Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now!
Joel Osteen
Angry
Revenge
Fear
Live
Go
Offence
Let Go
Now
Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. Many are deeply insecure. They become focused and energized by taking offence; it makes them feel meaningful and alive.
Michael Leunig
Offended
Nervous
Become
Alive
Easily
Focused
Insecure
Touchy
Taking
Feel
Makes
Offence
Them
Meaningful
Many
Creatures
Deeply
Humans
'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.
James Thomson
Easier
Generous
Offence
Than
Forgive
Tis
Ask
Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Man
Poor Man
Every
Almost
Offence
Poor
Desire
It's good to be good at playing defence, but the best defence is a strong offence.
Chrystia Freeland
Best
Good
Strong
Defence
Offence
Playing
How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?
Alexander Pope
Love
Lose
Sense
Shall
Detest
Sin
How
Offence
Offender
Keep
In Australia, we point out a person's weaknesses as a way of saying 'I see you and I accept you'. If you do that with Americans, they instantly take offence.
Andrew Dominik
Saying
You
Way
Out
Weaknesses
See
Point
Take
Instantly
Accept
Offence
Australia
Person
American
I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.
George Eliot
Conviction
Excessive
Offence
Literary
Social
Production
I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
James Thomson
Good
Think
Bishop
Give
Offence
Anyone
Who
The strong should always permit the weak and aggrieved to talk, to bluster, and scold without taking offence; and if we had so acted, and exercised proper skill in the management of our affairs, Mexico and ourselves would, by this time, have quietly and peaceably settled all difficulties and been good friends.
John C. Calhoun
Time
Good
Management
Strong
Good Friends
Difficulties
Settled
Our
Weak
Ourselves
Would
Proper
Had
Taking
Talk
Without
Always
Permit
Affairs
Scold
Been
Offence
Mexico
Friends
Quietly
Skill
Should
Acted
I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.
John Woolman
Wisdom
Truth
God
Fool
Truth Is
Simplicity
Cause
Men
Worldly
Others
Way
Unmoved
Find
Fearing
Only
Remain
Take
Offence
Offend
Commit
Sentiments
Who
In our society, which is multiracial and multi-religious, giving offence to another religious or ethnic group, race, language, or religion is always a very serious matter.
Lee Hsien Loong
Religion
Matter
Language
Giving
Group
Society
Our
Religious
Another
Always
Offence
Very
Which
Race
Ethnic
Serious
Offence is important; that's how you know you care about things. Imagine a life where you're not offended. So dull.
Marcus Brigstocke
Life
You
Offended
Care
Important
About
Know
How
Dull
Offence
Where
Things
Imagine
In Europe, we don't only take offence when one company is treating another company in a way that's illegal. We also look at if governments are joining up with companies that makes it more difficult for other companies. We also see that sometimes government actions can make it very difficult for businesses to compete on their merits.
Margrethe Vestager
Government
Sometimes
Difficult
Other
Way
See
More
Only
Joining
Take
Merits
Look
Also
Make
Another
Makes
Governments
Offence
Up
Very
Illegal
Businesses
Europe
Companies
Actions
Company
Compete
Treating
Long hair is an unpardonable offence which should be punishable by death.
Morrissey
Death
Long
Hair
Unpardonable
Long Hair
Offence
Which
Should
It is extremely hard to bring a claim for compensation against the police or the Crown Prosecution Service, even when a person has been charged with an offence and later cleared.
Robert Rinder
Service
Police
Later
Extremely
Claim
Has-Been
Charged
Crown
Cleared
Prosecution
Been
Offence
Person
Against
Hard
Even
Compensation
Bring
When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics.
William Hague
Politics
Man
Face
Cynical
Every
Telling
Telling Lies
Minister
Lies
Constitutional
About
Only
Sacked
No Wonder
Cabinet
Prime
Prime Minister
Offence
Wonder
Same
Convention
Again
Public
Who
I’m interested in offence and why people take offence in certain ways about certain things.
Nish Kumar
People
Ways
About
Take
Offence
Interested
Certain
Certain Things
Why
Things
Any one of us could fall on hard times. Work and housing have the potential to be unstable, especially for those earning low wages or relying on family and friends. It should not be a criminal offence to sleep on the street.
Layla Moran
Work
Family
Fall
Earning
Criminal
Those
Potential
Relying
Could
Unstable
Housing
Wages
Offence
Friends
Times
Family And Friends
Any
Low
Us
Should
Hard
Hard Times
Street
Sleep
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