Need
Refrain from
Refrain from verb - To resist the temptation of.
Both terms in one sentence
- Refrain from Assuming: Track 11 on their self-titled album is called "Love", not "I Need Love".
Source: Music / Sixpence None The Richer -
All but confirmed in this entry from his websitenote The gist of it is that people are pretty much free to do whatever they like with his work, so long as they refrain from earning a profit off of it and acknowledge him if there's any need to.
Source: Creator / Hidekaz Himaruya -
This is often both a case of this trope and Refrain from Assuming, because when it's attributed this way it tends to also be mistakenly referred to as "Friend With Weed" or "A Friend in Need".
Source: Misattributed Song
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