Those not stubborn admitted they were wrong and stopped themselves out and covered shorts.
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Which is why most people who cannot handle the truth are so vexing: More often than not stubborn mules are smart, talented, and accomplished folks who validate the old saw that the problem with attaining what you want is that it positions you to have something to lose!
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EU. It must prove itself a strong and far-sighted country, not merely a big or a stubborn one.
Mr Trimble is a stubborn fighter, and is said to be determined not to step down as party leader even if he is defeated.
People who end up living their dreams are not those who are lucky and gifted, but those who are stubborn, resolute and willing to sacrifice.
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But the ideologically stubborn and rigid President Obama and his liberal congressional majorities have not only refused to follow any of the proven policies and principles of economic prosperity.
But Stoke's gritty, stubborn brand of direct football has not proved popular with the media and particularly with their contemporaries in the top flight.
They do not pay much heed to public opinion, domestic or international, and their governments can be stubborn.
His stubborn determination in pursuing the path of peace and the conviction that he was right did not win him many friends among unionist politicians.
The in-form Trott, who made 92 in a NatWest Pro40 defeat by Surrey on Monday, helped Maddy put on 56 and then moved on to his own half-century in another stubborn partnership with Jim Troughton (22 not out).
By all means, many believe, an enlarged and more representative civil society - ideally a larger, wider group of people from all over the country, not just a bunch of well meaning lawyers and activists from Delhi - should be putting pressure on a stubborn government to act against corruption.
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