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Stubbornness is not the opposite of leniency, but the extension of tolerance. – Clifford Villalon	added by anonymous 3 years ago
Twenty-seven years ago, David was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and given a grim prognosis of a few years to live, david liked to say that a combination of brilliant doctors, state-of-the-art medications and his own stubbornness kept the cancer at bay. We can all be grateful that it did, because he was able to touch so many more lives as a result. – Charles Koch	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Stubbornness is the bearer of disaster…” – Janvier Chouteu-Chando	added by anonymous 5 years ago
Inflation at 4 percent isn't stubbornness - it's a necessity for our economy, at the moment few people believe that we will reach 4 percent inflation (in 2017), and for us this is a challenge. – Governor Elvira Nabiullina	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The Philippines' stubbornness is clearly the result of behind-the-scene instigation and political manipulation. – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness. – Louise Erdrich	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance. – Anthony D'Angelo	added by anonymous 14 years ago
In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. – Simone de Beauvoir	added by anonymous 14 years ago
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were they all fused into a single stubbornness. – Louise Erdrich	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Stubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from won't power to will power. – Peter McWilliams	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Stubbornness is not the opposite of leniency, but the extension of tolerance.

– Clifford Villalon

added by anonymous
3 years ago

Twenty-seven years ago, David was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and given a grim prognosis of a few years to live, david liked to say that a combination of brilliant doctors, state-of-the-art medications and his own stubbornness kept the cancer at bay. We can all be grateful that it did, because he was able to touch so many more lives as a result.

– Charles Koch

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Stubbornness is the bearer of disaster…”

– Janvier Chouteu-Chando

added by anonymous
5 years ago

Inflation at 4 percent isn't stubbornness - it's a necessity for our economy, at the moment few people believe that we will reach 4 percent inflation (in 2017), and for us this is a challenge.

– Governor Elvira Nabiullina

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The Philippines' stubbornness is clearly the result of behind-the-scene instigation and political manipulation.

– Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.

– Louise Erdrich

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

– Anthony D'Angelo

added by anonymous
14 years ago

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

– Simone de Beauvoir

added by anonymous
14 years ago

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were they all fused into a single stubbornness.

– Louise Erdrich

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Stubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from won't power to will power.

– Peter McWilliams

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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