"Nobody can stop you but you. And shame on you if you're the one who stops yourself."

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"I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame."

Laurie Halse Anderson, American Author

Shame, Identity, Isolation, Silence

"One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush."

Marquis de Sade, French Novelist

Shame, Blush, Old

"And then I turn another corner, and my chest constricts so tightly, so painfully, that I can no longer breathe. Because there he is. He's engrossed in an oversize book, hunched over and completely absorbed. A breeze ruffles his dark hair, and he bites his nails. . . . Several other people are soaking up the rare sunshine, but as soon as they're registered, they're forgotten. Because of him. I grip the edge of a sidewalk café table to keep from falling. The diners stare in alarm, but I don't care. I'm reeling, and I gasp for air. How can I have been so stupid? How could I have ever for a moment believed I wasn't in love with him?"

Stephanie Perkins, American Author

Shame, Love, Realization, Emotion, Discovery

"That's the trouble with anything which essentially has a lot of bits that are physically impossible: You're left, stuck, in the studio. And that's a shame. You're making a movie. You don't want it to stay put, you want it to be a movie - to move."

Robbie Coltrane, Scottish Actor

Shame, Trouble, Want

"The shame that tormented me was all the more corrosive for having no very clear origin: I didn't know why I felt so tainted, and worthless, and wrong-only that I did, and whenever I looked up from my books I was swamped by slimy waters rushing in from all sides."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

Shame, Trauma, Pain, Identity

"I'm dying from about ninety-nine kinds of shame."

Sherman Alexie, American Writer

Shame, Emotion, Sensitivity, Pain

"It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame."

Sherman Alexie, American Writer

Shame, Power, Control, Society

"You can cry, ain't no shame in it."

Will Smith, American Actor

Shame,

"I've found the best treasure... You."

Robin Bielman, American Novelist

Shame, Love, Connection, Treasure, Emotion

"It's a shame that we have to choose between two such second-rate countries as the USSR and the USA."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Shame, Politics, Critique, Ideology, Cynicism

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"I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame."

"One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush."

"That's the trouble with anything which essentially has a lot of bits that are physically impossible: You're left, stuck, in the studio. And that's a shame. You're making a movie. You don't want it to stay put, you want it to be a movie - to move."

"The shame that tormented me was all the more corrosive for having no very clear origin: I didn't know why I felt so tainted, and worthless, and wrong-only that I did, and whenever I looked up from my books I was swamped by slimy waters rushing in from all sides."

"I'm dying from about ninety-nine kinds of shame."

"It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame."

"You can cry, ain't no shame in it."

"I've found the best treasure... You."

"It's a shame that we have to choose between two such second-rate countries as the USSR and the USA."

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"I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages."

"My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand."

"My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone."

"The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about."

"And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor."

"We have four beautiful children and some wonderful memories."

"I never thought about being famous."

"My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up."

"But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did."

"And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous."