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• The warfare between the unaroused male and female is constant and ferocious. Each blames the other for his loss of soul.

  John Steinbeck

  Loss, Men, Soul

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• Nobody dast blame this man. For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back -- that's an earthquake. And then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you're finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory.

  Arthur Miller

  Dream, Couple, Men

  Death of a Salesman "Requiem" (1949)

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• For misery don't blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.

  Bernard Malamud

  Giving, Misery, Cooks

  Bernard Malamud (2014). “The Fixer”, p.173, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• The facts are to blame, my friend. We are all imprisoned by facts: I was born, I exist.

  Luigi Pirandello

  Facts, Born, My Friends

  The Rules of the Game, The Life I Gave you [and] Lazarus

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• If a white man had land, and some one should swindle him, that man would try to get it back, and you would not blame him.

  Standing Bear

  Men, White Man, Land

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• America is the world's living myth. There's no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is our function, to be character types, to embody recurring themes that people can use to comfort themselves, justify themselves and so on. We're here to accommodate. Whatever people need, we provide. A myth is a useful thing.

  Don DeLillo

  Character, America, People

  Don DeLillo (2012). “The Names”, p.114, Vintage

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• Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful. Marguerite, Countess of Blessington I praise loudly; I blame softly.

  Catherine the Great

  Grateful, People, Praise

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• When I wasn't working, I put the blame directly where it belonged - I blamed my agent. When I didn't have an agent, I spent time looking for a new agent so I would have somebody to blame.

  George Burns

  Funny, Agents, New Age

  George Burns (1988). “Gracie/Caeser Spec Ed”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• It is hardly fair to blame America for the state of San Francisco, for its population is cosmopolitan and its seaport attracts the floating vice of the Pacific; but be the cause what it may, there is much room for spiritual betterment.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Spiritual, San Francisco, America

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• I've got no one to blame for every time I feel lame.

  Sheryl Crow

  Sadness, Lame, Feels

  Song: Soak Up The Sun, 2002

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• The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.

  Livy

  Sins Not, Mind, Body

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• Blame is especially useful in situations in which there is no apparent villain-those moments that prove, despite our advancement of learning, how susceptible we are to high winds and wet roads.

  Roger Rosenblatt

  Wind, Advancement, Villain

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• There's something every woman wants, and that's a man to blame.

  Philip Roth

  Men, Want, Men And Women

  Philip Roth (2013). “The Counterlife”, p.75, Macmillan

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• Newspapers and their editors have to become as accountable as the rest of us - they are not 'a special case,' and they have only themselves to blame for having lost the argument for 'exceptionalism' - and with it the right to 'self-regulation.

  David Puttnam

  Self, Editors, Special

  "Post-Leveson, the press must become as accountable as the rest of us" by David Puttnam, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2012.

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• God, Private Enterprise and government have made me what I am, and now they have to take some of the blame.

  Joy Baluch

  Responsibility, Government, Made

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• Listen, I was the first black manager in baseball and there was incredible pressure. I don't blame anyone else. I was too tough . . . I lack patience. I probably got on guys a little too hard, with the wrong tone of voice.

  Frank Robinson

  Baseball, Voice, Guy

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• Often, we are quick to find blame with others but yet are unable to give constructive responses. There seems to be a tendency to doubt almost everything. Do we not have faith in our own people's strengths and in our institutions? Can we afford distrust amongst ourselves?

  Pratibha Patil

  Giving, People, Doubt

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• In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.

  Caprice Bourret

  Moving, Careers, Anything Goes

  "Caprice Bourret...the sexiest fish in the pond". www.askmen.com.

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• A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere.

  Allen Carr

  Atmosphere, Comedian, Crowds

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• Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume you're responsible. George Clooney told me actors get all of the blame and all the credit.

  Ben Affleck

  People, Perception, Credit

  ""Argo" director/star Ben Affleck grows smarter and more ambitious with each picture". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.chicagotribune.com. October 10, 2012.

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• Everybody keeps saying that India's a poor country. Yes, we have poverty. But I blame the government of India, the political establishment, for their failure to educate and therefore their failure to control the poverty.

  Vijay Mallya

  Country, Government, Political

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• Most teachers still say they love teaching though they wouldn't mind a little more respect for their challenging work and a little less blame for America's educational shortcomings.

  Arne Duncan

  Teacher, Educational, Teaching

  "Ask the Teachers" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 7, 2012.

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• Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana.

  Charles Durning

  Dog, Play, Lasts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames for the war.

  Robert Fisk

  War, Party, Tired

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• My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely.

  Lisa Gardner

  Parent, Secret, Vices

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