Madeleine Albright

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

American Statesman

George Orwell

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.

British Author

Seamus Heaney

A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.

Irish Poet

Charles Darwin

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.

English Scientist

Madonna Ciccone

I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.

American Musician

Clint Eastwood

Liberals are not always so liberal with people who disapprove - disapprove of their point of view.

American Actor

David Dellinger

Hemingway was a big influence - 'A Farewell to Arms,' though I disapproved of the later Hemingway.

Craig Brown

By and large, the artistic establishment disapproved of Margaret Thatcher.

English Critic

Marie Antoinette

I should be very sorry if the Germans disapproved of me.

French Royalty

Rebel Wilson

Sometimes my mum is very disapproving of my comedy.

Australian Actress

Common in informal conversations, often to express personal opinions on social behavior or choices.

Colloquial Usage

Carries an emotional charge, suggesting disappointment or a moral judgment.

Emotional Weight

Often used when behaviors or actions don't meet implicit social, cultural or personal standards.

Implicit Expectations

 it's the shame, it's the embarrassment, it's the disapproving look on a friend's face, it's the whispers in the hallway that you're weak, it's the comments that you're crazy. That's what keeps you from getting help. That's what makes you hold it in and hide it. It's the stigma. So you hold it in and you hide it,

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 Either way, the fact that we all chose to wear business casual clothing, as opposed to our favorite pair of sweatpants, is not a silly coincidence. Instead, it reveals two defining human characteristics. The first is that we are cognizant of what other people value, like what they will approve or disapprove of,

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 the boy he says the church disapproves of his work because he's not a priest unless outside we go what can I say to people that's happy in their age a double let's say this is taboo you don't find it I'm finding out that is your opinion he got got a deleted I honor and respect you you know I'm only doing this

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 that brought the world to the brink of destruction. He was a leader, not a bureaucrat. That's why he eventually left to spread the revolution abroad. Which didn't go well. He failed to rally rebels in the Congo and went to Bolivia even when the Soviets disapproved.

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 Underlying was a fear that their children might disapprove and would reject the non-genetic parent. And that fear is understandable, because we live in a very heteronormative and geneticized society -- a world that still believes

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 I introduced myself and I said, "When I grow up, I'm going to be a thinker." There was some laughter, some giggles, but it was really the disapproving look on the teacher's face that made me recant. And so I said really quickly,

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 but car among still believes he saved the boy he says the church disapproves of his work because he's not a priest what can I say to people let's say this is taboo that is your opinion honor and respect I'm only doing this to

 His first, in the town of Innsbruck, didn’t gain much traction with the local authorities, who disapproved of his harsh questioning of respectable citizens and shut down his trials.

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 so that when the male inflates his long, counterclockwise coiled penis into her, and she disapproves, all she needs to do is flex her vaginal muscles and the penis just flubs out.

Disapprove

To not agree with something or someone because you believe it is wrong, bad, or unacceptable.

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