Roseanne Barr

I actually regard Facebook as a huge bore, but I cannot refrain from participating in it. I guess I crave the feeling of hope it gives me to think that today will be different from yesterday, that I will find an interesting comment or poke or video, and on the extremely rare occasion when that happens, I am just thrilled.

American Actress

Zygmunt Bauman

We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.

Polish Sociologist

Erica Jong

Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women.

American Novelist

James Gleick

Children and scientists share an outlook on life. 'If I do this, what will happen?' is both the motto of the child at play and the defining refrain of the physical scientist.

American Author

N. T. Rama Rao, Jr.

I am a very shy person who is just close to himself. So I would refrain from talking about my personal life.

Indian Actor

Horace

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.

Roman Poet

Karen Civil

Never stray from life's purpose. Refrain from counting someone else's blessings instead of your own.

American Businesswoman

William Shakespeare

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

English Playwright

Jill Sobule

As a musician, I have always refrained from criticizing another artist.

American Musician

Marcus Aurelius

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Roman Leader

Used when showing self-control or resistance to something tempting.

Self-Control

Expresses emotional restraint in sensitive or intense situations.

Emotional Restraint

Often used in formal or polite requests asking someone not to do something.

Formal Context

The musical or lyrical part of a song that's easily remembered and repeated.

Musical Hook

Used to emphasize a particular feeling or theme in poetry through repetition.

Poetic Repetition

Suggests that the action being avoided is discouraged or considered negative.

Discouraged Action

Indicates putting off immediate pleasure for long-term benefit.

Delayed Gratification

Helps in mocking a song or poem back as it repeats often.

Lyrics Recall

Brings continuity and unity to different parts of a song or poem.

Unity in Verse

 love with someone and you will make a monogamous commitment to them and that means you're in love with them and when you're in love you won't want to have sex with other people and the truth is if you make a monogamous commitment to someone you love you will still want to have sex with other people you will refrain from it it will be difficult and

Social Monogamy vs....

 refrained from burning it in the first place. This monetary and fiscal policy reoriented a huge proportion of human work to decarbonizing projects, and there were a lot of them ready to go. Regenerative agriculture was one giant area, very important, as people still needed to eat while saving the world.

Kim Stanley Robinson:...

 and we're communicating something by choosing to be silent. And in the same way that we cannot not communicate, we cannot not whatever we do or refrain from doing, whatever we put out there as a piece of design, into the world, has a persuasive component. It tries to affect people.

Sebastian Deterding:...

 refrain from making broad generalizations about a text or establishing quick, simple judgements about a character. Explore each facet of your subject carefully and make sure to consider multiple influences on events. Explain the tension of multiple forces that create the story.

Mining literature for...

 or there should be I think in there in the wake of the black lives matter movement which is really really caught the you know caught the attention of people right around the world listening more has been one of the key you know one of the key sort of refrains that

How museums help...

 as well as its modern sense, courage. This sun is not afraid to show his face. But the person in the poem is afraid. He might have been up all night. That is the reveal Stevens saves for that fourth stanza, where run away has become a refrain.

Stephen Burt: Why people...

 For those of you who I'll be fortunate enough to meet afterwards, you could please refrain from saying, "Oh my god, you're so much shorter in real life." Because it's like the stage is an optical illusion,

Kaki King rocks out to...

 explorer who said I was never lost but it was bewildered once for three days that is a very good refrain somebody in serious need of a refrain was a friend of mine who was asked to put together a

Thinking your way out of...

 What is a curator to do? I believe that the War Gods should be returned. This might be a startling answer. After all, my conclusion contradicts the refrain of the world's most famous

Why museums are...

 Back at camp, the villagers were fishing with barbasco poison, cooking, and eating. Only the shaman’s little sister refrained. Then, everyone else fell into a deep sleep.

Refrain

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