#shame

A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle. ↗

— Jean Genet

#away #been #breeze #carrying #centuries

Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself. ↗

— John Gielgud

#exhibiting #forget #glory #half #shame

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres. ↗

— John Dryden

#breaking #down #perseveres #shame #spirit

When I can afford it, I'm very into organic food and I love going to restaurants that use organic produce and such. I think that it's a shame for everyone that, unfortunately, organic can be pretty expensive, so you just do what you can. ↗

— Sprague Grayden

#everyone #expensive #food #going #i

There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die. ↗

— William Harvey

#born #charm #die #eagles #fly

False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth. ↗

— Hesiod

#confidence #either #false #greatly #harms

The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#blame #clean #grave #holy #light

The need for raising the awareness of this shameful chapter in U.S. history is more apparent than ever. ↗

— Michael M. Honda

#awareness #chapter #ever #history #more

President Obama has basically avoided or not done any attempt to intervene in any positive way in the housing market. I think in the financial crisis that's been a shame. ↗

— Glenn Hubbard

#attempt #avoided #basically #been #crisis

I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything. ↗

— Eminem

#ashamed #glamour #glitter #i #poor