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• I do feel a little embarrassed and ashamed that I was sort of saying, "Oh, yes, I used to do country music, but I didn't inhale." Which is not true at all. I inhaled the hell out of country music.

  Emmylou Harris

  Country, Littles, Hell

  Interview with Stacey D'Erasmo, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 10, 2014.

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• I call that god the Little G. Because the god that we've been worshipping is not to me the Supreme Creator. Anybody who needs to control and make people feel ashamed. . .It's like, 'I send my only begotten son. . .' Well you know, that concept of sending a son where we as women could, like, breastfeed him and give him milk, but he's not gonna soil his dinky with us? What's that all about?

  Tori Amos

  Son, People, Giving

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• Instead of being ashamed of what you've been through, be proud of what you have overcome!

  Phil McGraw

  Overcoming, Proud, Be Proud

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• We are all incredibly different and rather than being something to be ashamed of, that's something to really celebrate.

  Lissa Rankin

  Different, Celebrate

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• In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him.

  Thomas Huxley

  Men, May, Matter

  Thomas Henry Huxley (1997). “The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley”, p.272, University of Georgia Press

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• There is no reason why capitalists and entrepreneurs should be ashamed of earning profits.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Entrepreneur, Earning, Reason Why

  Ludwig Von Mises (1974). “Planning for freedom, and twelve other essays and addresses”

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• Why do some people act as if making money offended their delicate minds? I am out for a legitimate profit, and not ashamed of it; the fact that people will pay money for my goods and services shows that my work is useful.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  People, Mind, Pay

  Robert A. Heinlein (2014). “Waldo & Magic, Inc.”, p.132, Baen Publishing Enterprises

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• Infidelity and skepticism abound everywhere. In one form or another they are to be found in every rank and class of society. Thousands are not ashamed to say that they regard the Bible as an old obsolete Jewish book, which has no special claim on our faith and obedience, and that it contains many inaccuracies and defects. In a day like this, the true Christian should be able to set his foot down firmly, and to render a reason of his confidence in God's Word. He should be able by sound arguments to show good cause why he thinks the Bible is from heaven, and not of men.

  J. C. Ryle

  Christian, Book, Men

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• It is absolutely impossible at the same time to be a man of understanding and not to be ashamed to gratify the body.

  Clement of Alexandria

  Men, Understanding, Body

  Clement of Alexandria (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Clement of Alexandria (Illustrated)”, p.663, Delphi Classics

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• What am I most ashamed of in my life? Not keeping my promise to my sister and being too scared of America to attend her funeral.

  Josephine Baker

  America, Funeral, Promise

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• There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  People, Being Loved

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• Europeans used to be proud to be the advanced form of democracy. Now they're definitely a little bit ashamed because we are seeing that finally, the bond that we had, it was money.

  Miguel Gomes

  Democracy, Proud, Littles

  "The Epic Miguel Gomes". Interview with Colleen Kelsey, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 3, 2015.

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• Beware of jokes from which we go away hollow and ashamed.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Going Away, Jokes, Hollow

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• Don't be ashamed to play safe.

  Arnold Palmer

  Play, Play Safe, Safe

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• Angels are our true and trusty servants, performing offices and works that one poor miserable mendicant would be ashamed to do for another.

  Martin Luther

  Angel, Office, Would Be

  Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.246

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• Here's the thing, with comedy - and I learned this from Will Ferrell - you can't be ashamed. If you're doing comedy, you have to fully commit to the joke. Shame is not part of it. If you act shy or uncomfortable about your body, that makes the audience shy and uncomfortable. And in a comedy you just want them to loosen up and laugh.

  John C. Reilly

  Laughing, Shy, Body

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• The fruits eaten temperately need not make us ashamed of our appetites, nor interrupt the worthiest pursuits. But put an extra condiment into your dish, and it will poison you.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Fruit, Poison, Needs

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown”, p.132, Graphic Arts Books

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• We're going to be really ashamed of ourselves when this whole story about Guantanamo comes out. Guantanamo is a really depraved place.

  Seymour Hersh

  Stories, Depraved, Whole

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• I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different.

  Bernie Mac

  Thinking, Different, Comedy

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• The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse, to which the common cause is sacrificed.

  Horatio Nelson

  Mean, People, Would Be

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.88, Cambridge University Press

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• For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German.

  Wilhelm II

  Firsts, Shame, First Time

  Remark in November 1938 in regard to Adolf Hitler's Kristallnacht. "Our German Cousins: Anglo-German Relations in the 19th and 20th Centuries" by John Mander, p. 219, 1974.

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• I wouldn't be ashamed to sell my own art for a lot of money.

  Wolfgang Beltracchi

  Art, My Own, Lots Of Money

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• When I grew up, shame was used as a tool for check and balance. If you stood a chance of hearing someone say, "Shame on you," or "You should be ashamed of yourself," you thought twice. It doesn't seem to be a factor today.

  Robert Redford

  Balance, Tools, Today

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Be ashamed when you sin, not when you repent.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Sins Not, Sin, Repent

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• Never be ashamed of your patriotism.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.234, Thomas Nelson Inc

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