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• Everybody blames the culture without taking responsibility.

  James Levine

  Responsibility, Culture, Taking Responsibility

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• There's a man going 'round taking names / And he decides who to free and who to blame / Everybody won't be treated all the same / There'll be a golden ladder reaching down / When the Man comes around.

  Johnny Cash

  Men, Names, Ladders

  Johnny Cash (2004). “Johnny Cash, the Songs”

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• On the Glass-Steagall thing, like I said, if you could demonstrate to me that it was a mistake, I'd be glad to look at the evidence. But I can't blame [the Republicans]. This wasn't something they forced me into. I really believed that given the level of oversight of banks and their ability to have more patient capital, if you made it possible for [banks] to go into the investment banking business as continental European investment banks could always do, that it might give us a more stable source of long-term investment.

  William J. Clinton

  Mistake, Glasses, Long

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• The really funny thing is that my mom and my dad never, ever, ever wanted me to be in this businessbut it just kind of happened. I blame it all on my mom who was still dancing on stage with me when she was however many months pregnant. I always say that I was dancing and acting in the belly. I feel like it’s something I was born with and inspired by my family since I grew up backstage, watching them perform. I guess it was just a natural path for me.

  Ksenia Solo

  Mom, Dad, Funny Things

  "Exclusive! ‘Black Swan’ Star Ksenia Solo Talks Nat Portman — and Chanel!". Interview with Haley Longman, www.clevver.com. November 30, 2010.

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• And God said 'Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on me. And let there be lawyers, so people don't blame everything on Satan.'

  George Burns

  People, Lawyer, Satan

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• Winners take responsibility, losers blame others.

  Brit Hume

  Responsibility, Loser, Winner

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• At the end of the day, we are responsible for our own lives. If anything happens to us, don't blame somebody else. Backtrack and look at what you did to contribute to that. You also contribute to your successes. Once you learn that, you're on your way.

  Isaac Hayes

  The End Of The Day, Looks, Way

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• The New Black doesn’t blame other races for our issues. The New Black dreams and realizes that it’s not a pigmentation: it’s a mentality and it’s either going to work for you, or it’s going to work against you. And you’ve got to pick the side you’re going to be on.

  Pharrell Williams

  Dream, Race, Issues

  "Why Pharrell Williams believes in 'The New Black'". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.theguardian.com. April, 2014.

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• I didn't go Hollywood on the outside with flashy cars, upstairs maids and mink covered bathroom fixtures. I went Hollywood on the inside and that's worst of all. I tried to avoid being natural. I lowered my voice. I copied the mannerisms of other stars. I struck poses. I received bad advice - from dramatic coaches, from agents, and from studio executives. I stopped being a human being. I blame myself and I blame Hollywood's star system.

  Joan Caulfield

  Stars, Character, Voice

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Don’t brush anything under the rug. Don’t point fingers or do the blame game. A team is a family, and we’re in this together.

  Erik Spoelstra

  Team, Games, Together

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• Never worry about missing a field goal. Just blame the holder and think about making the next one.

  Lou Groza

  Thinking, Goal, Worry

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• I believe that when we treat homosexual people as pariahs and push them outside our communities and churches; when we blame them for who they are; when we deny them our blessing on their commitment to lifelong, faithful relationships, we make them doubt whether they are children of God, made in his image.

  Steve Chalke

  Children, Believe, Commitment

  "Stop treating gay people as pariahs, evangelical minister tells church" by Sam Jones, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2013.

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• I do believe CDSs [credit default swaps] have been miscast, much as poor workmen tend to blame their tools.

  Blythe Masters

  Believe, Tools, Credit

  "The woman who built financial 'weapon of mass destruction'" by David Teather, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2008.

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• If we divide into two camps--even into violent and the nonviolent--and stand in one camp while attacking the other, the world will never have peace. We will always blame and condemn those we feel are responsible for wars and social injustice, without recognizing the degree of violence within ourselves. We must work on ourselves and also with those we condemn if we want to have a real impact.

  Ayya Khema

  Real, War, Impact

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• Listen, my father had written. Listen to hear if they are telling the truth or only part of the truth, for that is the lesson of history: that the victors tell the tale of their triumph in a manner to grant accolades to themselves and heap blame upon their rivals. Ask yourself if part of the story is being withheld by design or ignorance.

  Kate Elliott

  Father, Ignorance, Design

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• No one is innocent in the tide of history. Everyone has kings and slaves in his past. Everyone has saints and sinners. We are not to blame for the actions of our ancestors. We can only try to be the best we can, no matter what our heritage, to strive for a better future for all.

  Diana Peterfreund

  Kings, Past, Trying

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• Don't blame anyone or anything for your situation or problems. When you do that, you are saying that you are powerless over your own life—which is utter crap. An empowering step to reclaiming your life is taking responsibility.

  Jillian Michaels

  Motivational, Responsibility, Empowering

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• Are you willing to push the right buttons even if it means being perceived as the villain? … I'd rather be perceived as a winner than a good teammate. I wish they both went hand in hand all the time but that's just not reality. … I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

  Kobe Bryant

  Mean, Reality, Hands

  "Kobe Bryant's leadership doctrine" by Brian Kamenetzky, www.espn.com. October 15, 2012.

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• Only it’s just the same. In fact, do you know, because of all that pressure, and worry, and fear, it’s worse. There aren’t many men who think clearest when the stakes are highest. So people are even stupider in a war than the rest of the time. Thinking about how they’ll dodge the blame, or grab the glory, or save their skins, rather than about what will actually work There’s no job that forgives stupidity more than soldiering. No job that encourages it more.

  Joe Abercrombie

  Jobs, War, Men

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• If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.

  Confucius

  Anger, Men, Influence

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.1141, Delphi Classics

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• Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that's been foisted on to him.

  Ezra Pound

  Religion, Atheism, Heroic

  "The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941".

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• I know it's hard to blame the time, but there's a bit of an expectation for a summer movie. I think that 'Superman Returns' was a bit nostalgic and romantic, and I don't think that was what people were expecting, especially in the summer.

  Bryan Singer

  Summer, Thinking, People

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• Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other day is so pure with possibility. No scores yet, no losses, no blame or disappointment. No hangover, at least until the game's over.

  Mary Schmich

  Baseball, Disappointment, Hangover

  Mary Schmich (2012). “The Best of Mary Schmich: Selected Writings by the Chicago Tribune's Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary”, p.220, Agate Digital

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• There's not a chance we'll reach our full potential until we stop blaming each other and start practicing personal accountability.

  John Miller

  Business, Personal Accountability, Full Potential

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• If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things?

  Angela Carter

  Able, Barbarians, Ifs

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