Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Ashamed Quotes from famous persons: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayelet Waldman, Alessandra Mussolini, Eli Roth, Frank McCourt. The wide variety of quotes available makes it possible to find a quote to suit your needs. You’ve likely heard some of the Ashamed Quotes before, but that’s because they truly are great.
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I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
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I’m not ashamed of myself.
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We all have things we’re ashamed of.
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I’m very political and I’m not ashamed of it, and I think having the platform I have, I want to take advantage of that.
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I never wanted to go to college in the state of Washington because I was so embarrassed and ashamed of my family life. I wanted to run. That’s what always what I do, I run. I run as far away as I can.
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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We are proud of our ridiculousness. That’s what made our Surrealism. Proud and ashamed of everything at the same time. I think that’s my definition of Belgium.
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I’m not ashamed of anything that I’ve done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.
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I have to be absolutely drawn to the project. If you’re ashamed or bored by it at the beginning, it’s going to be a pretty nightmarish thing.
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I’ve always struggled a ton with my body image, and I wanted to help other people not feel so ashamed about themselves. It’s a completely unnecessary part of everyday life.
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I never had any friends beyond a certain superficial level. We hate to admit weaknesses. We were raised to want to get ahead, to be good and clever and successful. You’re just ashamed to open up.
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I am not ashamed of my past; I am not ashamed of my humble beginnings.
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When my parents were arrested, I was a year old. And like so many children with incarcerated parents, I experienced a range of traumas connected to the separation. I was angry. I was ashamed. I had developmental delays, behavioral problems.
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What this does for me emotionally, psychologically and spiritually – to look in the mirror and not be ashamed – has been very important in not relapsing.
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There is no reason to be ashamed of who you are.
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I want validation. I’m not ashamed to say that I need the world to validate me and for people to say, ‘You are what you think you are.’
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But while I am proud to be an American, I am ashamed of what the Trump administration is doing in our name. It is literally rewriting the meaning of America.
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I was ashamed for people to see me struggle.
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I’ve got nothing to be ashamed of.
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For me, the moment the mic is on and it’s rolling, it’s impossible to vocally relax for some reason. But one day, I’m going to be able to sing the way I sang when I was a little kid, completely open and free. That’s, I think, the one thing that’s changed: Growing older, I’m not ashamed to hear my voice.
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There are many people still ashamed of their roots because of the negative connotations that come with being an ‘African.’ That sentiment exists many places around the world – in England, in the U.S., everywhere.
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I don’t feel ashamed or humiliated when I am naked, but I definitely feel it when I am playing games.
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I was convinced I was worth less than my straight peers. I was at best inauthentic, and the longer I went without amending that dishonesty, the more ashamed I felt.
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I don’t want to read about the fabricated version of someone’s life. I want to know what haunts you, what are you ashamed of, what embarrasses you, what do you wish was different?
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I feel ashamed if my hands are too clean and untouched. It’s a measure of how much time I’ve spent travelling and poncing around.
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I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
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I think where people get into trouble is hiding and feeling ashamed about what they don’t have any control over in the first place.
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The Congress had the opportunity to do a lot of good. It isn’t as if they didn’t have good people in the party. God knows why they failed. If after 65 years of governance you cannot provide drinking water to everyone then you should be ashamed of yourself.
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I never did anything I’m really ashamed of.
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We’re taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they’re of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.
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In Henry Adams, I discovered not only the prototype of the modern thinker but also someone who is more interesting: a viper-toothed, puling, supercilious crank, thwarted in ambition, aging gracelessly, mad at the cosmos, and ashamed of his own jejune ideals. He is nevertheless very dear to me.
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I do not let anyone make me feel ashamed of being who I am.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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The most important thing I think we need to remember is that we’re a work in progress. Do not be ashamed or afraid to ask for help. That’s what I did. I asked for help.
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My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you’re most ashamed of.
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Honestly, when someone speaks to me about Juventus I try to change the subject immediately. I’m ashamed of the transfer!
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I’m probably going to be ashamed to say this… It was a Sir Mix-a-Lot album. I think I was 12, 13. I had just enough money for the ‘My Posse’s on Broadway‘ single, so I bought that single. That was the first thing I bought with my own money.
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I am ashamed of some of Democrats in my own party.
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I was ashamed of it, of the poverty I came from.
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There’s nothing I’ve done which I’m ashamed of or I thought was actually bad.
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I would have felt ashamed if I had not been part of the resistance and part of fighting back against the forces of the state.
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Trust me, I am proud of our country. I will never be ashamed of it.
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I know that my Republican colleagues are as ashamed as I am that the United States is forced to borrow over $1 trillion from foreign nations to pay for our national priorities like reconstruction of the gulf coast and the war in Iraq.
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I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.
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Without truth I feel ashamed to be alive.
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It’s actually just as cool to be on television as to be in a movie, and nobody’s ashamed of this back and forth.
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We’re often ashamed of asking for so much help because it seems selfish or petty or narcissistic, but I think, if there’s a God – and I believe there is – that God is there to help. That’s what God’s job is.
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Prison was tough on me. I saw people in prison that made me ashamed I was a human being. Some make Qaddafi and Idi Amin look like Sunday-school teachers.
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I have always had school sickness, as others have seasickness. I cried when it was time to go back to school long after I was old enough to be ashamed of such behavior.
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I was so ashamed of who I was. And I also felt like an outcast in gay society as well because I wasn’t good-looking enough; my body wasn’t good enough.
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I’m glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
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It’s always OK to find help. Don’t be ashamed if you need help. I have help from so many people. My wife helps me with my diet all the time. I have a nutritionist.
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I think I’m a pretty open book. We’re all a work in progress, and I’m not ashamed to say that I don’t have it all together – I don’t really think anyone does.
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I’m not ashamed of being American; I’m very proud.
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I always really loved soul music but all my friends were into the new romantic scene. I’d go to new romantic clubs and then go home and listen to soul music. I was sort of ashamed of listening to disco and soul music!
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I’m not ashamed of who I am.
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‘How do you know so much about everything?’ was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was ‘By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.’
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If I was ashamed of who I am, I would be in the closet.
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Not looking for excuses is the right thing to do. I have made a lot of mistakes, and I still make mistakes, but I am not ashamed to look for the reasons behind those mistakes.
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It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.
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I’m not afraid to admit I have therapy. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, and it really does help.
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I’m not ashamed to admit that prohibition is ‘impractical.’
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You should never be embarrassed or ashamed of listening to a particular type of music.
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I don’t think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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Personally, I’ve always been ashamed of my body and I’ve hated being so skinny – I had an eating disorder for so long.
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I’m quite cool about my sex symbol image. It’s nothing to be proud of or ashamed of.
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Some of the things I’ve done in my life I’m ashamed of.
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I’m an honest man. I am living my life. I’m not stealing. And I’ve never been ashamed of who I am – I am a Roma.
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Some of those early photographs of me might as well be sepia. It’s always thought that I disclaim television and am too theatre, but the truth is ‘The Avengers‘ bores me now. I was grateful because it catapulted me into stage stardom. It was good. I’m not ashamed of it. But I only did it for two years.
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Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn’t, he should be ashamed of himself.
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I struggled with kind of fighting with the inner illnesses within myself where my psychological madness and I have always kind of struggled with different disorders and mental things and so the biggest thing that I was kind of always ashamed of or being embarrassed of was kind of that.
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I’ve actually apologized to some people I was a real jerk to, because I feel ashamed. I didn’t need to be that hungry. There was something going on inside me when I was angry and feeling very threatened and not feeling good about myself.
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I’d given my life and my soul to Kajagoogoo and then after a cheap phone call, it was all over. I did cry and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Anybody is entitled to break down under those circumstances.
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A lot of people are ashamed to talk about mental illness. To me, it’s power to give people that.
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It’s not lost on me that every single person who told their story about Harvey Weinstein talked about how they were silenced, how they were encouraged not to speak up, how they were embarrassed or ashamed to speak up.
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We played hard and we partied hard. I’m not ashamed of that. I was no angel – I did some things I shouldn’t have done, lived a lifestyle I shouldn’t have lived. I had a blast at times; other times, I probably compromised my job, my duty to do my job, to be ready as a professional.
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My grandmother is from Martinique, so sometimes I’m ashamed that I don’t speak Creole.
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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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I am ashamed the law is such an ass.
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It’s nothing to be ashamed of and that there are even beneficial traits associated with the condition. Most importantly, acknowledge yourself for who you are and if you’re struggling with anything resembling ADD get professionally diagnosed.
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I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference.
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We’re not ashamed to use the word ‘peace.’
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As you get older, your metabolism slows down. You’ve got to admit it. It’s nothing to be ashamed of if you have lived your life to the full.
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It’s nothing to be ashamed of to have a stutter.
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Scientists are doing an awful lot of damage to the world in the name of helping it. I don’t mind attacking my own fraternity because I am ashamed of it.
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I felt ashamed while saying Bulla’s dialogues! There was a mixed feeling of shame and guilt, and I constantly questioned myself why I was doing this in the first place.
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On a daily basis, it’s heartbreaking to see women put up with violence for years silently and feel ashamed of speaking out about it.
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I’ve never been ashamed of being the ham or the provocateur, as it were, in my style of commentary or my style of showmanship.
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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
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Mistakes are nothing to be ashamed of.
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I think it’s the way I talk. I think they thought I was too country. And I’m not ashamed of that by any means.
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I’m very heterosexual, so dating women is something I’m not ashamed of. But my love life is not as exciting as it is reported to be.
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Gay men can sometimes feel ashamed or chastised when the messaging is ‘Be out and proud!’ or ‘Just come out.’ It’s not that easy. It certainly wasn’t for me.
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When I first went to places where people were suffering from war and persecution, I felt ashamed of my feelings of sadness. I could see more possibilities in my life.
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I won’t call it UMNO anymore; this is Najib’s party. I feel embarrassed that I am associated with a party that is seen as supporting corruption – it had caused me to feel ashamed.
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I sort of attract people who are interested in my comedy for being able to talk about whatever I want to talk about and not being ashamed of who I am and not hiding it.
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I am not ashamed to say that I am the son of a washerwoman.
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I feel like, in the Czars, for example, I was afraid. I couldn’t express myself. I didn’t have a connection to myself. That’s one of the huge reasons why it was such a difficult existence. I put a lot of that on myself. I couldn’t access myself. I couldn’t look at myself, because I was too ashamed.
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So many people have really wanted to die. They seem ashamed to say so. I think it would help if they would say so.
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I am not ashamed to support Donald Trump.
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I just want to make music that people hear, and I’m not ashamed of that.
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I’m ashamed of what I did.
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I’ve done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that – stuff I’m not ashamed of, but that doesn’t represent my legacy with the Pretenders.
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I’m ashamed to be German.
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I am more forgiving because I realize that all of our family histories – definitely mine – its populated with thieves and liars and incompetent people who werent bad people and who Im not ashamed of, but who are my family.
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The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality.
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I’ve told lots of lies in my life. I try not to lie, but I still do. It’s very difficult to get to 37 and not be ashamed of something you’ve done. But I think your life is easier, ultimately, if you’re honest.
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I have never been ashamed of whatever I do.
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When you get released from the NFL it’s not a pleasant experience and I may have sulked for about two or three years. Then I was like, ‘You know what? It’s time to get back on the wagon.’ I have nothing to be ashamed of.
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I am not ashamed to say I will speak up to defend myself.
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The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.
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However much I might try to expound or explain Love, when I come to Love itself, I am ashamed of my explanations… Love alone can explain the mysteries of love and lovers.
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I’m ashamed to admit this, but I didn’t read a novel all the way through until after high school. Blasphemy, I know. I’m an author now. Books and words are my world.
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I have nothing to be ashamed of. And I love to talk about the things that I am ashamed of.
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I’ve never made a record that I’m ashamed of.
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I think that everyone in one way or another has some sort of body issue. There’s something about themselves physically that they’re not happy with, that they’re ashamed of, that they keep constantly trying to change.
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I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.
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I’m not ashamed to say I fear something.
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Injuries are nothing to be ashamed about.
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Media outlets that are exploiting Ebola because they want a sensational story and politicians using it to their own ends ought to be ashamed.
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Growing up, the main thing I was ashamed of was my voice. It is very effeminate.
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Being nervous is not something you should be ashamed of. Nervous means you care, you really want to do well.
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No man should advocate a course in private that he’s ashamed to admit in public.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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I was insecure and ashamed. Unless you’re gay, being gay has never been looked at as being cool. And I wanted to be cool.
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It’s not about me. It’s about not having to be ashamed.
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There really is something raw about sexuality that’s real and good and we must continue to learn to not be ashamed of it. But – we have to honor the reality of practicing safer sex.
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Many of my friends were blacklisted. America should be ashamed of it forever.
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I’m a very open person, and I am not ashamed of it being out there. It’s part of life.