Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
I was ashamed of myself for being ashamed of myself. I didn't like feeling like that.
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I am not ashamed of anything - not my past, not my affairs, not my body, and most definitely not my desire.
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I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.
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We turn our backs on nature; we are ashamed of beauty. Our wretched tragedies have a smell of the office clinging to them, and the blood that trickles from them is the color of printer's ink.
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The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.
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Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.
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I'm not judging myself; I'm not dissing what I do. I'm proud of what I've done and I'm proud of what I'm working on. I've accomplished something and I'm not going to be ashamed to be happy about what I've done.
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I've never even been to bed with a man. Never. That's how pure I am; I have nothing to be ashamed of. My gods made me the way I am.
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Innocence is ashamed of nothing.
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We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.
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Aren't you ashamed to be concerned so much about making all the money you can and advancing your reputation and prestige, while for truth and wisdom and the improvement of your souls you have no thought or car?
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If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.
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In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
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She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well−informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
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We would be ashamed of our best behavior if the people knew the motives of our behaving so.
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I am ashamed to admit I watch a lot of reality shows like The Osbournes and The Bachelor.
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You must love your work, and not be always looking over the edge of it, wanting your play to begin. And the other is, you must not be ashamed of your work, and think it would be more honorable to you to be doing something else. You must have a pride in your own work and in learning to do it well.
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Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.
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What you look like doesn't matter as much as what you feel like. If you feel you look good, you look good. And I never felt that.
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Even though it's still the United States, I think on many levels they feel separate, especially the true Hawaiians - who are not necessarily thrilled to be a part of the United States. But I just love the whole spirit.
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How often have we ourselves said or have heard others exclaim in times of crisis or trouble, 'I just don't know where to turn'? If we will just use it, there is a gift available to all of us-the gift of looking to God for direction. Here is an avenue of strength, comfort, and guidance.
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Use the light that is in you to recover your natural clearness of sight.
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I was ashamed of myself for being ashamed of myself. I didn't like feeling like that.
