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"I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when you get caught up in the gas, and you're young, and there's so much helium going on around you, you can't decipher the real end."
Pras Michel
"I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when you get caught up in the gas, and you're young, and there's so much helium going on around you, you can't decipher the real end."
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"I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was."
Hedy Lamarr
"I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was."
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"I praise loudly. I blame softly."
Catherine the Great
"I praise loudly. I blame softly."
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"Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist."
Moshe Dayan
"Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist."
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"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."
Khalil Gibran
"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."
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"What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture."
Thomas Sowell
"What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture."
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"Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man."
Saskya Pandita
"Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man."
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"I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?"
Michael Lewis
"I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?"
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"Neither blame or praise yourself."
Plutarch
"Neither blame or praise yourself."
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"Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other."
Mary Douglas
"Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other."
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"Don't blame the messenger because the message is unpleasant."
Kenneth Starr
"Don't blame the messenger because the message is unpleasant."
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"I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly."
Catherine II
"I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly."
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"I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own."
Arthur Rimbaud
"I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own."
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"It's easy to keep issuing blame to Republicans or the president."
Nicholas D. Kristof
"It's easy to keep issuing blame to Republicans or the president."
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"I blame myself more so because I hung a curve. If you want to point a finger, point it at me."
David Wells
"I blame myself more so because I hung a curve. If you want to point a finger, point it at me."
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"Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man."
Satchel Paige
"Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man."
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"Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive."
John D. Rockefeller
"Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive."
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"I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done."
Lillie Langtry
"I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done."
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"If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as it has never been before, and all sensible fathers and mothers know it."
Richard Le Gallienne
"If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as it has never been before, and all sensible fathers and mothers know it."
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"It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry."
Nikolai Gogol
"It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry."
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"When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame."
Dan Quayle
"When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame."
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"Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this."
Warren Rudman
"Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this."
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"Everyone's quick to blame the alien."
Aeschylus
"Everyone's quick to blame the alien."
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"I wish I could blame it on the choreography, but it's not a musical. I just had a clumsy moment."
Delta Burke
"I wish I could blame it on the choreography, but it's not a musical. I just had a clumsy moment."
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"If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things?"
Angela Carter
"If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things?"
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"We've had Audrey Hepburn, we've had Twiggy, we've had Veruschka, we've had Kate Moss. I'm trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness."
Rachel Zoe
"We've had Audrey Hepburn, we've had Twiggy, we've had Veruschka, we've had Kate Moss. I'm trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness."
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"If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents."
Marcelene Cox
"If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents."
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"When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there."
Joe Strummer
"When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there."
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"I would rather do twenty TV series than go through what I went through under that Rank contract I signed a few years ago for which I blame no one but myself."
Patrick McGoohan
"I would rather do twenty TV series than go through what I went through under that Rank contract I signed a few years ago for which I blame no one but myself."
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"Mark Winchester has left the band. He's decided that he's tired of the road and just wants to concentrate on his career in Nashville. I don't blame him at all. He'll certainly be missed."
Brian Setzer
"Mark Winchester has left the band. He's decided that he's tired of the road and just wants to concentrate on his career in Nashville. I don't blame him at all. He'll certainly be missed."
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"When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys."
Mitt Romney
"When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys."
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"I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me."
Leon Spinks
"I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me."
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"The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise."
Dante Alighieri
"The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise."
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"Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures."
Bernard Baruch
"Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures."
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"Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid."
Chastity Bono
"Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid."
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"It's very difficult to photograph an opera. And they messed up on it. It just wasn't there. And I don't blame the Gershwins for taking it away. Of course, if they had gotten the original company to have done it, it would have been very good."
Cab Calloway
"It's very difficult to photograph an opera. And they messed up on it. It just wasn't there. And I don't blame the Gershwins for taking it away. Of course, if they had gotten the original company to have done it, it would have been very good."
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"I think in the wake of Katrina, the Coast Guard may well have been the only entity or agency that came out of that exercise free of fault and free of blame."
Howard Coble
"I think in the wake of Katrina, the Coast Guard may well have been the only entity or agency that came out of that exercise free of fault and free of blame."
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"Luck's always to blame."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Luck's always to blame."
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"If the blame (if there is any) can be shifted from him to me, I shall help him and our cause by taking it. I desire, therefore, that all the responsibility that can be put upon me shall go there and shall remain there."
James Longstreet
"If the blame (if there is any) can be shifted from him to me, I shall help him and our cause by taking it. I desire, therefore, that all the responsibility that can be put upon me shall go there and shall remain there."
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"Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority."
Chaka Fattah
"Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority."
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"I've never been a fan of presidents who place blame on their predecessors or who accept credit for events that couldn't have been engineered so soon in their tenure."
Kathleen Parker
"I've never been a fan of presidents who place blame on their predecessors or who accept credit for events that couldn't have been engineered so soon in their tenure."
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"When your future arrives, will you blame your past?"
Robert Half
"When your future arrives, will you blame your past?"
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"Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything."
John Ralston Saul
"Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything."
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"When it was over, I was so happy, I felt like crying. I wanted to win this one for Casey. After what I did in Brooklyn, he could have forgotten about me and who would blame him? But he gave me another chance and I'm grateful."
Don Larsen
"When it was over, I was so happy, I felt like crying. I wanted to win this one for Casey. After what I did in Brooklyn, he could have forgotten about me and who would blame him? But he gave me another chance and I'm grateful."
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"Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that."
Waylon Jennings
"Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that."
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"What to do? We yanked the dress up over her lovely attributes and with the addition of a scarf, the problem was solved. Sorry, guys, blame that stuffy censor. He hated surprises."
Audrey Meadows
"What to do? We yanked the dress up over her lovely attributes and with the addition of a scarf, the problem was solved. Sorry, guys, blame that stuffy censor. He hated surprises."
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"It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have overcome hardships and not to blame anybody else for your mistakes."
Maureen Forrester
"It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have overcome hardships and not to blame anybody else for your mistakes."
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"In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame."
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"I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame."
Randy Newman
"I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame."
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"There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row."
Golda Meir
"There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row."
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