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People in third-world countries are less eager to see movies full of angst over existential problems, and who can blame them. They've got other fish to fry. They'd rather see a few great dance routines and the guy end up with the girl.

~Alison Owen

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Can you believe approximately 17 percent of American children ages 2 to 19 years are obese? How about this fact: approximately 60 percent of overweight children ages 5 to 10 already have at least one risk factor for heart disease? We are all to blame for this - parents, schools, kids - all of us.

~Alison Sweeney

Topics: About Ages American Approximately At Least One Believe Blame Children Disease Fact Factor Heart Heart Disease How Kids Least Obese Overweight Parents Percent Risk Schools Us Years You

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I greatly blame Congress, spurred on by its personal hatred of Nixon, for passing legislation in June through August of '73 which embargoed any further U.S. help to South Vietnam.

~Alistair Horne

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Vietnam ended a failure: repeatedly, to me, Kissinger described it as his greatest, and most persistent regret. But Congress was more to blame than Kissinger.

~Alistair Horne

Topics: Blame Congress Ended Failure Greatest His Kissinger Me More Most Persistent Regret Repeatedly Than Vietnam

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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.

~Allan Carr

Topics: Atmosphere Bad Blame Comedians Crowd Everything Gig Had Lot Promoted Promoter Room Themselves Vibe Weird Will Wrong

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The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.

~Alphonso Jackson

Topics: Blame Determination Dream Education Good Good Education Hard Hard Work Lie Lies Victimization Work

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I don't raise my daughter differently than her twin brother, to the point where she only wanted to wear his clothes - sweatpants, baggy T-shirts, and high-tops - for a year straight. She claims it's because she needs to be 'comfortable and functional,' and who can blame her? I would wear a tracksuit seven out of seven days if I could.

~Amanda De Cadenet

Topics: Baggy Because Blame Brother Claims Clothes Comfortable Could Daughter Days Differently Functional Her His If I Could Needs Only Out Point Raise Seven She Straight Than Twin Wanted Wear Where Who Would Year T-Shirts

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In the early '90s, I was disillusioned after the blasts and riots in Mumbai. I was in college and started thinking that religion was the root cause of all these evils. While my father told me not to blame religion because of a few bad people, I wasn't convinced. The faith was restored after I started writing my first book.

~Amish Tripathi

Topics: After Bad Bad People Because Blame Blast Book Cause College Convinced Disillusioned Early Evils Faith Father Few First Me Mumbai People Religion Restored Riots Root Started Thinking While Writing

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Policy people suffer their own kind of agony, and no wonder. After all, what is the average life of the policy person? You go into government if you are lucky, do your best, aren't appreciated, take all the blame for policies for which you are only partly responsible, leave, realize your reputation has been damaged, maybe permanently.

~Amity Shlaes

Topics: After Agony Appreciated Average Been Best Blame Damaged Do Your Best Go Government Kind Leave Life Lucky Maybe No Wonder Only Own Partly People Permanently Person Policies Policy Realize Reputation Responsible Suffer Take Which Wonder You Your

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You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give up, that we're calling these, quote, 'Chinese values,' 'cause I always thought of them as American values.

~Amy Chua

Topics: Always American American Values Blame Calling Cause Chinese Excellence Give Hard Hard Work Ironic Know Others Quote Striving Them Think Thought Up Values Work You I Think

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