Category: Refusal

Loneliness Refusal

Nothing’s worse than staying home alone on a Sunday

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 5, 2020

Il n’y a rien de plus affreux que de rester toute seule chez soi le dimanche

Rohmer — *La Carrière de Suzanne* (1963)

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Tags Kids and teens, Restaurants and bars…

Excuses, justification Refusal

I’m not sorry about that

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 4, 2020

Tourneur, Greer — *Out of the Past* (1947)

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Inspirational, advice Refusal

Arrêtez !

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 4, 2020

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Disgust, dislike Refusal

Pas envie

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 2, 2020

Hazanavicius, Dujardin — *OSS 117 : Le Caire, nid d’espions* (2006)

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Refusal

Ne me touchez pas !

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 2, 2020

Sternberg, Dietrich — *The Devil Is a Woman* (1935)

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Refusal Split ups

Je ne veux plus jamais vous revoir !

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 2, 2020

Potter, Goddard, Astaire — *Second Chorus* (1940)

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Loneliness Refusal

I want to be alone without being judged

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 2, 2020

Teshigahara — *The Face of Another* (1966)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

Vous me déplaisez

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 2, 2020

I just don’t like you

Hill, Adjani, Dern — *The Driver* (1978)

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Refusal

Ça ne me plaît pas

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 2, 2020

Haskin, Duryea, Scott — *Too Late for Tears* (1949)

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Disgust, dislike Refusal

I don’t like things fuzzy and vague and ambiguous

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 2, 2020

Truffaut, Léaud, jade — *Domicile conjugal* (1970)

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Refusal

Je n’aime pas qu’on me traite avec condescendance

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 2, 2020

Haskin, Scott — *Too Late for Tears* (1949)

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Disappointment Refusal Sadness

I’m fed up

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 2, 2020

Godard, Goya — *Masculin féminin* (1966)

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Tags Restaurants and bars…

Disappointment Goodbyes Refusal

Do I have to go, Doc, just because they say so?

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 1, 2020

Dr. Josiah Boone and Dallas

Ford, Mitchell, Trevor — *Stagecoach* (1939)

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Tags Travel and vacation

Invitation, party Refusal

Besides, what would your girlfriend say if you gave the popcorn girl a ride?

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date November 1, 2020

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Get well soon, health Refusal

I don’t believe in dreams. That Freud stuff’s a lot of hooey

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 28, 2020

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Refusal

Say something nice. —Leave me alone

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 27, 2020

Émile : Dis-moi quelque chose de gentil.

Godard, Brialy, Karina — *Une femme est une femme* (1961)

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Tags Drinking

Excuses, justification Refusal Threat, orders

I’m going to do exactly what I please

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 26, 2020

Vidor, Hayworth, Glenn Ford — *Gilda* (1946)

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Refusal

Humanism! Just what we need!

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 25, 2020

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Refusal Sadness Wedding, marriage

Oh, Louis, I don’t want to marry Lionel!

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 24, 2020

Price — *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949)

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Happiness, satisfaction Invitation, party Refusal

The answer’s no. —The answer’s yes. I’d love it

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 23, 2020

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Tags Drinking, Restaurants and bars…

Inspirational, advice Love Refusal

Don’t ask. Never ask

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 23, 2020

Wenders — *Until the End of the World* (1991)

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Tags Restaurants and bars…

Refusal Split ups

Give me a call so I can hang up on you too

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 20, 2020

Godard, Dorothée, Léaud — *L’Amour en fuite* (1979)

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Tags Telephone

Refusal

You know what I’m thinking? —I couldn’t care less

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 20, 2020

Tu sais à quoi je pense ? — Je m’en fous.

Godard, Belmondo, Karina — *Pierrot le fou* (1965)

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Tags Make-up

Refusal

It’s occupied

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 18, 2020

Bunuel — *Le Fantôme de la liberté* (1974)

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Love Refusal

I don’t carry books with “love” in their titles!

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 17, 2020

Truffaut, Pisier — *L’Amour en fuite* (1979)

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Tags Literature

Love Refusal

I’m incapable of loving

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 15, 2020

Pialat, Marceau, Depardieu — *Police* (1985)

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Refusal

To leave it undone will cost us England

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 14, 2020

Korda, Laughton — *The Private Life of Henry VIII* (1933)

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Tags Politics, Races and nations

Refusal

No woman will ever make a sucker out of me again

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 11, 2020

Green, Robinson, Cagney — *Smart Money* (1931)

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Tags Gender, prejudice

Excuses, justification Refusal

I don’t go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 11, 2020

Wilder, Douglas, Sterling — *Ace in the Hole* (1951)

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Tags Religion

Refusal Shame, guilt

There are some ways that don’t seem right to make money

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 7, 2020

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Tags Money

Disappointment Refusal Stress, worry

Je n’ai pas d’argent

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 7, 2020

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Refusal Wedding, marriage

My oath celibacy is on record, Captain

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 6, 2020

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Get well soon, health Refusal

You can’t get up yet! — Shut up and get my clothes!

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 4, 2020

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Tags Beds, Fashion and clothes

Inspirational, advice Refusal Work

Si l’affaire te plaît pas, dis-le. Annule-la

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date October 1, 2020

Siodmak, Lancaster, Duryea — *Criss Cross* (1949)

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Disappointment Mothers' day Refusal

Non, non, maman. Écoute-moi

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 27, 2020

(As quoted in Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice Refusal

Why complicate life? — It complicates itself

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 26, 2020

(Popiół i diament)

Wajda, Cybulski — *Ashes and Diamonds* (1958)

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Goodbyes Love Refusal Sadness

I don’t want any good-byes or memories

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 26, 2020

(Popiół i diament)

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Refusal

If you think I’m lending you my bed, you’re out of your mind

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 25, 2020

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Tags Beds

Inspirational, advice Refusal

Personne ne me fera abandonner notre maison

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 24, 2020

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Tags Homes, moving, Uniforms

Refusal

Yeah, but I’ve never known you to do anything the easy way

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 19, 2020

Sturges, Widmark — *The Law and Jack Wade* (1958)

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Refusal

Non, je préfère rester comme ça, à regarder l’horizon

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 19, 2020

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Tags Japan, Travel and vacation

Love Refusal Split ups Surprise, wonder

You can’t leave me. — Aren’t you a little insane?

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 18, 2020

Mamoulian, Chevalier, MacDonald — *Love Me Tonight* (1932)

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Refusal Sex

If I seduced you, I might not want to see you tomorrow

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 18, 2020

(Pays de neige)

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Tags Japan, Tea

Excuses, justification Love Refusal Wedding, marriage

So I refused to recognize my own feelings

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 17, 2020

(L’Anneau de fiançailles)

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Happiness, satisfaction Invitation, party Refusal Surprise, wonder

I’m happily declining

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 17, 2020

(Un toast pour mademoiselle)

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Inspirational, advice Refusal Threat, orders

Sans une armée, vous vous ferez mettre en pièces

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 17, 2020

De Toth, Bronson, Scott — *Riding Shotgun* (1954)

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Refusal Sadness Surprise, wonder

How could I be happy?

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 16, 2020

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Tags Japan

Disappointment Refusal Surprise, wonder

But non of our students can be a red

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 14, 2020

(Le Jardin des femmes)

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Tags Japan, Politics, School

Disappointment Refusal

Poetry in translation is like taking a shower with a raincoat on

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 12, 2020

This metaphor is usually used in a different context : “Some men claim that using a condom is like taking a shower with a raincoat on ” (Nass, Libby, Fisher, Sexual Choices: An Introduction to Human Sexuality, 1984, p. 366)

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Tags Japan, Literature, Metaphors

Refusal Uncategorized

That’s enough for a finish

Post author By denis_neyruda
Post date September 9, 2020

Pevney, Crawford — *Female on the Beach* (1955)

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