Imagine you would not constantly judge whether something is bad or good, desirable or non-desirable but simply acknowledge the situation, accept it as it is and recognize that everyone is doing what they think is the right thing at the time.
It was a victory won by countless Americans who refused to accept the world as it is, and against great odds, waged quiet struggles and grassroots crusades until finally change was won.
They have a contract signed by the local chief, but no bank will accept it as collateral, because it is not enforceable in a court of law.
But they are all here today because somewhere along the line, they decided they could no longer accept the world as it is.
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Change is as hard to see coming as it is to accept when it does come.
What it takes is a willingness, as we see it, of Republicans to accept the fact that it is only fair and right that the wealthiest Americans bear some of the burden here of reducing our deficit and getting our long-term debt under control, and listen to their constituents instead of to Grover Norquist about what the right priorities here are.
"We, the international community, cannot accept the situation to continue as it is, " he said.
"The existing tower structure is sound, and as such there is an option to retain the tower but accept that it will never operate as a ride again, " he said.
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Blatter reportedly told newspaper AS that FIFA's executive committee must accept the criticism it is now receiving for their decision to choose Qatar as host, with concerns mounting over player safety due to excessive heat and humidity in the country.
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Supporters of capital punishment accept there is little chance of a change in the law, as it is opposed by the European Union and would be backed only by a minority of MPs - mainly Conservative.
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CIOs typically accept a lot of risk, especially as IT is a growing and sometimes a key source of innovation in most companies.
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But Putin's message is plain: he is signaling that as Russia gains global prominence it is no longer content to accept Western dominance, including over who heads the IMF and the World Bank.
Should this be this outcome, in some way it may come as a relief as it is far easier to blame an event than to accept responsibility for Europe's actions over the past two years.
All this may be true, but what is equally true is we never acknowledge how difficult it is to accept our children as possible perpetrators of abuse or bystanders who will "let" it happen and then refuse to come forward after the fact (as in Steubenville).
It is unclear, for instance, whether both parents need accept the child as theirs, or whether paternity is documented merely on the say-so of the mother.
"This violence is also about the poverty, the hunger, the disappointments in the society as much as it is with the refusal to accept the result of this election, " the CRC's Shehu Sani told the BBC.
Just as it refuses to accept that Iran's nuclear policy is not determined by its presidents but by a higher body of decision-makers, which means that regardless of who leads the country the nature of its nuclear program will not change unless its demands are met.
That is, it will refuse to accept insurance cards as payments for one-time orders from these patients.
Now the public seems to accept a higher age as inevitable and the government is seeking to increase it even faster than the commission advocated.
It is hard to accept that such harmony has arisen as an accidental consequence of a brutal system with no principles beside the one that every individual is striving for reproductive success.
The typical workplace is the way it is because we accept our endless days and constant deadlines as the norm.
Apple's very young mapping effort struggles, while Nokia is willing to accept that it doesn't have as much traffic coverage as Google.
The problem with the GC-100-6, as it relates to Bobby, is that it can only accept a connection from a single device at a time.
Having said this, it is true that some sources of competition for Microsoft's operating-system business tend to be neglected so the disinterested observer must accept that its monopoly is not as strong as its market-share makes it seem.
This Terry Adams project is a good band, but many loyalists cannot accept it as NRBQ.
As it stands, none of this is difficult for liberals to accept, or even new to them.
It would lose that weapon if the NFL is treated as a single entity, forcing it either to accept the owners' future demands or to strike.
As markets tumble and commentators tear their hair, it is difficult to accept that Japan's recession may have useful side-effects of this kind but that makes it no less true.
Several of the bill's authors have said the American public only is willing to accept citizenship, still derided by some as amnesty, if it comes with tough conditions.
To accept that this is untrue for Israel will ultimately make it untenable for the United States, as well.
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