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Blame Quotes

"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."

"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, American Musician

Blame, Career, Road

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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."

"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, American Athlete

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"Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid."

"Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid."

Chastity Bono, American Celebrity

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"Oh! blame not the bard."

"Oh! blame not the bard."

Thomas More, English Author

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"Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame."

"Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame."

Umberto Eco, Italian Novelist

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"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."

Robert Orben, American Entertainer

Blame, Computer

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"Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost."

"Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost."

Anna Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Blame, Children

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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."

"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, American Journalist

Blame, Credit, Events

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"The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it."

"The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it."

Dido Armstrong, British Musician

Blame, Direction

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"The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies."

"The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies."

Greg Ginn, American Musician

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"Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism."

"Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism."

William Gilmore Simms, American Novelist

Blame, Criticism, Praise

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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."

"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, American Comedian

Blame, Complaining, Songs

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"A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere."

"A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere."

Allan Carr, British Director

Blame, Comedians, Will, Wrong

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"There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us."

"There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Blame, Luxury, Right, Self

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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."

"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, American Athlete

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"There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us."

"There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Blame, Luxury, Right, Self

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"They always lost but he didn't blame me because to a gambler, a bad tip is better than no tip at all."

"They always lost but he didn't blame me because to a gambler, a bad tip is better than no tip at all."

Phil Silvers, American Actor

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"Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame."

"Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"Are we to say that any individual who's on steroids that has an angry moment is due to steroids? What about the individual who gets angry and kills someone who's not on steroids? What do we blame it on now?"

"Are we to say that any individual who's on steroids that has an angry moment is due to steroids? What about the individual who gets angry and kills someone who's not on steroids? What do we blame it on now?"

Jose Canseco, Cuban Athlete

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"Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos."

"Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Blame, Chaos, Sense

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"When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?"

"When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?"

Bob Dylan, American Musician

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"The reason placing blame repeatedly fails to work is that I repeatedly place it on everyone else instead of where it actually belongs."

"The reason placing blame repeatedly fails to work is that I repeatedly place it on everyone else instead of where it actually belongs."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Blame, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

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"Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims."

"Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Blame, Evil, Illness, Victims

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"That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery."

"That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery."

Stephen King, American Author

Blame, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

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"If bad things are happening in your country, remember, the first responsible person is your stupid government! But if you have supported that government, now, you are the first responsible person! So sit down and shut up!"

"If bad things are happening in your country, remember, the first responsible person is your stupid government! But if you have supported that government, now, you are the first responsible person! So sit down and shut up!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Blame, Regret, Power, Truth, Today

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"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."

"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Blame, Future, Past, Republican

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"If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers."

"If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Blame, Love, Fault, Responsibility, Emotion

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"The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions."

"The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Blame, Responsibility, Judgment, Conflict

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"You think that if you blame, you will then be free of those problems, but blame cements you to your problems."

"You think that if you blame, you will then be free of those problems, but blame cements you to your problems."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Blame, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

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"Maybe it ain't about others' mistakes,but only your need for someone to blame."

"Maybe it ain't about others' mistakes,but only your need for someone to blame."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Blame, Regret, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame."

"It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"The devil is the reason for all the problems we have in the society."

"The devil is the reason for all the problems we have in the society."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Blame, Devil, Problems, Society, Spirituality

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"And just so you know-that winter forest we walked into first? That was from Through the Looking Glass too. Hey, if you're going to saddle me with the blame for your overconsumption, at least get the book right."

"And just so you know-that winter forest we walked into first? That was from Through the Looking Glass too. Hey, if you're going to saddle me with the blame for your overconsumption, at least get the book right."

Elle Lothlorien, American Novelist

Blame, Humor, Accuracy, Wit

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"He blamed every fucker available excepting, of course, the one who was actually to blame, the one sitting in his saddle and getting colder, hungrier, and more lost with every unpleasant moment. 'Shit!' he roared at nothing."

"He blamed every fucker available excepting, of course, the one who was actually to blame, the one sitting in his saddle and getting colder, hungrier, and more lost with every unpleasant moment. 'Shit!' he roared at nothing."

Joe Abercrombie, English Novelist

Blame, Frustration, Responsibility, Anger

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