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A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential.
I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use.
All human beings search for either reasons to be good, or excuses to be bad.
An excuse is the handy explanation we offer when we disappoint other people.
However, don't let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started.
Putting your hands in the earth is very grounding, if you'll excuse the pun.
Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
I needed football - it was just something to do, an excuse to not be at home.
The IRA have nowhere to go. I've stripped away all their excuses, one by one.
You find me at work; excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself.
Left alone with the dial tone...excuse me, operator, why is no one listening?
A lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse.
For me photography is an excuse to be nosy about things I want to know about.
Start making excuses and there's no end to it. I can't live that kind of life.
There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war.
The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.
I consider ISIS nothing more than an excuse for Iran to continue its mischief.
Living in England has no such excuse: These are my customs and establishments.
I have an excuse to show off my love of history, and my interest in cosmology.
An excuse is a polite rejection. Men are not afraid of 'ruining the friendship.
I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.
There is no excuse for making disrespectful and demeaning comments about women.
Those who deny the science or choose excuses over action are playing with fire.
Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread.
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.
We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse.
There has always been excuses for wars, but NONE of them have been good or valid.
The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights.
I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse.
Injuries are injuries, everybody has them. You play with it. I don't make excuses.
Her existence alone was excuse enough to justify the creation of the entire world.
My parents never let the color of our skin be an excuse for why we did not succeed.
The fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.
Patience is a virtue. (Tee) Excuse me, pot, could you not pick on the kettle? (Joe)
When a leader buys his own excuses, he also, unfortunately, sells them to his team.
What are clouds, but an excuse for the sky? What is life, but an escape from death?
I would like to take revenge but I'm not looking for excuses for having lost to her
The only thing an excuse gives you is an option out of the life you'd like to live.
If you don't try your hardest, and you're unsuccessful, you always have that excuse.
More often than not, the only thing between you and your dream is a rational excuse.
Walk away from the 97% crowd. Don't use their excuses. Take charge of your own life.
It seems to me that it's actually harder to invent excuses than it is to get a sale.
A person you excuse from any genuine challenge is a person you do not truly respect.
So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.
Names are what people sometimes use to excuse their thoughts and actions towards you.
Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
Excuse me, pray." Without that excuse I would not have known there was anything amiss.