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Shame Quotes

"You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done."

"You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done."

Whoopi Goldberg, American Actress

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"When you're ashamed of their action, to ask them the reason of their actions can make you a fool."

"When you're ashamed of their action, to ask them the reason of their actions can make you a fool."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Shame, Action, Reason, Fool

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"Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame."

"Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame."

Marian McPartland, English Musician

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

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

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

Will Smith, American Actor

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"Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing."

"Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing."

Joni Mitchell, Canadian Musician

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

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

Damon Wayans, American Comedian

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

"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

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"We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us ashamed of ourselves of our relatives of our incomes of our accents of our opinion of our experience just as we are ashamed of our naked skins."

"We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us ashamed of ourselves of our relatives of our incomes of our accents of our opinion of our experience just as we are ashamed of our naked skins."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Shame, Self, Family, Income

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"Shame control us and our lives, it makes the choices we just state in spec and watch what's doing... as far as now it goes like a bot... auto!"

"Shame control us and our lives, it makes the choices we just state in spec and watch what's doing... as far as now it goes like a bot... auto!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Shame, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Today

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"I can see your dirtypillows."

"I can see your dirtypillows."

Stephen King, American Author

Shame, Truth, Regret, Happiness, Wisdom

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"Most of the groups I worked with 30 years ago are either dead or dead broke. And it's a shame."

"Most of the groups I worked with 30 years ago are either dead or dead broke. And it's a shame."

Ronnie Spector, American Musician

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"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."

"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

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"Shame weakens us. It can make us frightened to take on something new. We start to withdraw from whatever might give us pleasure, self-esteem, or a sense of our value."

"Shame weakens us. It can make us frightened to take on something new. We start to withdraw from whatever might give us pleasure, self-esteem, or a sense of our value."

Sharon Salzberg, American Author

Shame, Fear, Truth, Self-Worth

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"O shame! Where is they blush?"

"O shame! Where is they blush?"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Shame, Regret, Truth, Wisdom, Life

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"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."

"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

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

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

Sherman Alexie, American Writer

Shame, Power, Control, Society

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"Shame comes in different doses."

"Shame comes in different doses."

Carla H. Krueger, American Author

Shame, Emotion, Guilt, Humanity

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"I felt ashamed.""But of what? Psyche, they hadn't stripped you naked or anything?""No, no, Maia. Ashamed of looking like a mortal -- of being a mortal.""But how could you help that?""Don't you think the things people are most ashamed of are things they can't help?"

"I felt ashamed.""But of what? Psyche, they hadn't stripped you naked or anything?""No, no, Maia. Ashamed of looking like a mortal -- of being a mortal.""But how could you help that?""Don't you think the things people are most ashamed of are things they can't help?"

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Shame, Mortality, Appearance, Humanity

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

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

Sherman Alexie, American Writer

Shame, Emotion, Sensitivity, Pain

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"We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings who do them in public were large enough."

"We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings who do them in public were large enough."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Shame, Truth, Humanity, Privacy

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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."

"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

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"Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you're under reproach, your behavior shows it."

"Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you're under reproach, your behavior shows it."

Joyce Meyer, American Author

Shame, Blame, Behavior, Self

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"She told me that women who wore makeup had bad values. Putting on makeup would have been a statement-a rebellion. I didn't try it. I grew to feel guilty for wanting to feel attractive."

"She told me that women who wore makeup had bad values. Putting on makeup would have been a statement-a rebellion. I didn't try it. I grew to feel guilty for wanting to feel attractive."

Aspen Matis, American Author

Shame, Beauty, Rebellion, Gender

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"It's shame that gets us killed. Shame is the anchor, the heaviest burden to carry from the battlefield. Fortunately shame was an affliction I'd never suffered from."

"It's shame that gets us killed. Shame is the anchor, the heaviest burden to carry from the battlefield. Fortunately shame was an affliction I'd never suffered from."

Mark Lawrence, British Novelist

Shame, War, Survival, Strength

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"Shame is a child of custom rather than of nature."

"Shame is a child of custom rather than of nature."

Will Durant, American Historian

Shame, Custom, Society, Behavior

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"She had wanted me to hold rape inside me like a dark pearl, keep it in there, as it grew, as I grew cramped, as it overtook me as hidden things do. Secrets become lies. I'd carried in every step I took this lie, the shame of it."

"She had wanted me to hold rape inside me like a dark pearl, keep it in there, as it grew, as I grew cramped, as it overtook me as hidden things do. Secrets become lies. I'd carried in every step I took this lie, the shame of it."

Aspen Matis, American Author

Shame, Secrets, Trauma, Truth

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

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

Robin Bielman, American Novelist

Shame, Love, Connection, Treasure, Emotion

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"I was ashamed of myself for being ashamed of myself. I didn't like feeling like that."

"I was ashamed of myself for being ashamed of myself. I didn't like feeling like that."

Benjamin Alire Saenz, American Poet

Shame, Self-Awareness, Emotion, Growth

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"It's good to feel foolish sometimes, Fjerdan."You only say that because you have no shame."

"It's good to feel foolish sometimes, Fjerdan."You only say that because you have no shame."

Leigh Bardugo, Israeli Author

Shame, Humor, Pride, Dialogue

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"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?"

"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

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"It doesn't seem to matter what we think...The prince will come up here and look at us as if we're barrels in a trader's wagon. And if I'm salt pork and he doesn't care for salt pork, then there's nothing I can do."

"It doesn't seem to matter what we think...The prince will come up here and look at us as if we're barrels in a trader's wagon. And if I'm salt pork and he doesn't care for salt pork, then there's nothing I can do."

Shannon Hale, American Author

Shame, Power, Judgment, Social, Conflict

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