Accused Quotes

• When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a bit of a spitfire, so in that way, I absolutely live up to the stereotype. The red hair suits my personality. I was a terrible blonde!

  Amy Adams

  Hair, Personality, Blonde

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• The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal.

  Kenneth Lay

  Criminals, Would Be, Lasts

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• Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die.

  Anne Boleyn

  Christian, Men, Law

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• As for me, even though I have been accused of anti-Semitism countless times, no one has ever heard me make anti-Semitic statements or engage in anti-Semitic behavior.

  Jean-Marie Le Pen

  Engagement, Behavior, Anti Semitic

  "The veil? It protects us from ugly women" by Adar Primor, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2002.

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• Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney.

  Sharon Gless

  Character, Thinking, Play

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• To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend to be pretty paranoid by now, as you can imagine. There's a lot of money involved.

  Paul McCartney

  Money, Records, Imagine

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• Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.

  Dan Quayle

  Way, Vote, Republican

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• I became chairman of the inmates committee. Got into a lot of trouble. Was accused of fomenting a riot. Was accused of plotting to kill the warden.

  Clifford Irving

  Inmates, Trouble, Wardens

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• If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace.

  Gustav Stresemann

  Peace, Years, Prejudice

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• It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict.

  Jonathan King

  Publicity, Adverse, Protected

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• Hour after hour, they shouted at me, accused me, insulted me and members of my family.

  Sam Sheppard

  After Hours, Insult, Comeback

  Sam Sheppard (1966). “Endure and conquer”

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• During last night's debate, John Kerry and John Edwards were so friendly to each other some political experts think that they may end up running together. In fact Kerry and Edwards were so friendly, President Bush accused them of planning a gay marriage.

  Conan O'Brien

  Marriage, Running, Gay

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• The only thing I think I can be accused of about paparazzi is being really naive. I didnt think about it coming along with the job and I never, during my three years at drama school, fantasized about one bit of it.

  Paul Bettany

  Jobs, Drama, School

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• Everybody has a right to be defended, and every lawyer has a duty to defend people accused. And my office is to defend him, to discuss the accusation point by point, as I think this is a normal step in a democracy.

  Jacques Verges

  Thinking, People, Office

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• For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation.

  Fritz Todt

  Engineering, Building, Accusation

  "Deutsche Technik", p. 270, June, 1935.

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• If you start pandering to young people, you're going to get accused of simply giving people what they want.

  Brian Williams

  People, Giving, Want

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• For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established some claim to being considered a learned man.

  Frederic Farrar

  Men, Gambling, Sin

  Frederic William Farrar (1877). “Seekers After God”, p.76

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• Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process.

  Lionel Trilling

  Neurosis, Judgment, Ends

  "Partisan Review: 50th Anniversary Edition", ed. William Philips, 1985.

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• When I was in college I was accused of being a goody two-shoes. But every goody two-shoes has a bad side.

  Elizabeth Banks

  College, Shoes, Two

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• People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning.

  Clare Short

  Morning, Accusing Me, People

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• I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.

  Mel Brooks

  Psychics, Vulgarity Is, Bullshit

  "Mel Brooks Honored With AFI Life Achievement Award" by Gregg Kilday, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 7, 2013.

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• When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional.

  Joseph Wambaugh

  People, Interviews, Offense

  Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. May 17, 2002.

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• Someone once accused me of being like Eliot Ness. I sad no sir, I'm not E.N., but I can promise you that I'm not Al Capone!

  Robert Stack

  Being Sad, Promise, Als

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• Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down.

  Sargent Shriver

  Enthusiasm, Being Accused

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• I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth.

  Martin Sheen

  Military, Traitor, Has Beens

  Interview with David Kupfer, progressive.org. July 1, 2003.

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