“Leaders begin with a different question than others. Replacing who can I blame with how am I responsible?” DifferentLeaderResponsibleBlame Author:Orrin Woodward
“What would become of the world without the Devil? Under all the different systems of religion that have guided or misguided the world for the last six thousand years, the Devil has been the grand scapegoat. He has had to bear the blame of every thing that has gone wrong. All the evil that gets committed is laid to his door, and he has, besides, the credit of hindering all the good that has never got done at all. If mankind were not thus one and all victims to the Devil, what an irredeemable set of scoundrels they would be obliged to confess themselves!” IfsWorldYearsHas BeensDifferentDoneWould BeLastsEvilGoneDoorsMankindBearsThousandSixDevilVictimBlameCommittedCreditThousand YearsObligedMisguidedScoundrelsScapegoat Book:Zoe: The History of Two Lives Source: Zoe: The History of Two Lives
“It was easy to blame other people for treating me in ways I didn't like, but now I was seeing that I was the one at fault. The only way you can be mistreated is by allowing yourself to be mistreated, and that was something I did over and over again. Somehow, I needed to find that glimmer of self-respect, buried deep inside, that would allow me to say: I am never going to let that happen to me again. I needed to learn how to stand up for myself in a different way, but I didn't know how.” PeopleKnowsWayDifferentSelfHappensEasyKnow HowSeeingNeededBlameFaultsDifferent WaysSelf RespectAllowingBuriedDeep InsideMistreated Author:Jennifer Lopez
“The Islamophobia phobes, (ph) the writers and the editors and the talking heads who deny an existence of evil while blaming those who speak up. There no difference - different than the apologists for communism. As communism killed millions, they, they denied it.” DifferentEvilSpeakDifferencesExistenceTalkingMillionsBlameDenyCommunismEditorsDeniedIslamophobiaTalking Heads Author:Greg Gutfeld
“Every time I got drunk, this girl named Nikki would show up. When I got drunk, I was just a different person. This is a totally different person than Lisa. When these two started to battle it out, I had to create a third person to come in and straighten the two of them out. Nina, my evil twin who came from within, who I blame my sins on. (satanic alter) All the problems I did have stemmed from what I was doing - I was creating all these different personalities.” PersonsTwoDifferentShowsProblemGirlEvilSinPersonalityBattleCreatingThirdsBlameDrunkTwinsSatanicThis GirlNinaThird Person Author:Lisa Lopes
“Actually I am the one to blame. I was the one who had said that maybe I would be married in two years time. But things are different now and there is still time before I get married. As the saying goes, 'Man proposes, God disposes', every time we make a plan God changes it.” MenYearsSaidStillsTwoDifferentWould BePlansMarriedBlameTwo YearsProposeBeing Married Author:Katrina Kaif
“The media - and I'm not blaming them - obviously like to seize on the differences between people and, sure, there are some senior members of the government who are in a slightly different philosophical space to mine. But do not underestimate the substantial single-mindedness of this government.” PeopleDifferentGovernmentDifferencesSpaceMediaMinesMembersPhilosophicalBlameSeniorUnderestimateSingle Mindedness Author:Tony Abbott
“I think women's bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape.” ThinkingDifferentBodyDifficultShapesPhotographyBlameVarietyOur SocietyWomen's BodiesBattleground Author:Keira Knightley
“I didn't feel so different until maybe, like, around third grade. Kids started blaming me for my people killing Jesus.” PeopleFeelsDifferentKidsJesusThirdsBlameKillingGradesThird Grade Author:Sarah Silverman
“I was an angry young man, as you say. I was a punk rocker, blaming the government, corporations, and anything external, like my family, for my anger. I was pretty miserable, festering in my own mind. I began to think, there has to be a different way, there has to be another way out.” ThinkingMenWayMindDifferentGovernmentYoungMy OwnMy FamilyBlameAngryMiserableCorporationsDifferent WaysYoung ManPunkAnother WayPunk RockRockersFestering Author:Mark Coleman
“The same people the Americans sent over - that we sent over to advise the Russians, we also sent over to advise the Poles about how to build a post-communist economy. Same people, same advice, with radically different results, which leads to suspicion it's not our advice which was the crucial variable. It was the Poles, on one hand, and the Russians on the other. The Poles succeeded; the Russians didn't. Don't blame us.” PeopleDifferentHandsResultsEconomyAdviceBlamePostsCommunistCrucialSuspicionAdviseVariables Author:Daniel Fried
“The Great Famine is a period of our history that we need to know in great detail in order to understand its continuing impact on us as a people. Its causes were complex. We can't apportion blame simplistically but rather [must] understand that blame has to be shared in different areas and levels of society. It was the very poorest of the poor, the small tenants and cottiers, who really suffered. Others were less affected. But most of all I welcomed the commemoration because it was a moment to look into our past and realize the courage and resilience of those who survived.” PeopleKnowsNeedsLooksDifferentMomentsPastOrderCausesRealizingPoorLevelsPeriodsAreasBlameImpactComplexesDetailsResilienceAffectedContinuingSurvivedOur PastPoorestFamineTenantsCommemoration Author:Mary Robinson
“We know there's a clear gap in fairness. There just is in equity. In a lot of ways, economically, racially, blah, blah, blah. It just is. Not blaming anybody, it just is. So then you say, that can be interpreted and misinterpreted and used by a lot of different people. Some people run for office; some people try to gain influence. I generally believe all that's true. It's just, which one is the person who is accurately turning that dial and which one is using it as bullshit and lies? So, this is a tricky area to step into.” PeopleKnowsWayTryingBelievePersonsDifferentRunningUsedLyingStepsClearInfluenceOfficeGainsAreasBlameGapsFairnessBullshitEquityDifferent PeoplesTrickyBlahMisinterpreted Author:Michael Keaton
“We are never going to get anywhere unless we have an open dialogue that allows people to speak. If we just go in with anger towards those who hold a different opinion, we won't ever get anywhere. Take Brexit - the notion that everyone who voted leave is racist is bullshit and I really hate that. Some of the most vulnerable people in our society have been targeted and they have been brainwashed and lied to. The last thing we should be doing is shouting at them, blaming them and calling them names.” PeopleDifferentHateSpeakOpinionBlameDialogueVulnerableRacistBullshitLiedBrainwashed Author:Nadine Shah
“However good we are, however correctly we seek to lead our lives, tragedies do occur. We can blame others, look for justification, imagine how our lives would have been different without them. But none of that matters: they have happened, and that is that. From this point on, it is necessary that we review our own lives, overcome fear, and begin the process of reconstruction.” LooksHas BeensDifferentMatterProcessOur LivesImagineHappenedOvercomingTragedyBlameReviewsJustificationOvercoming FearReconstruction Author:Paulo Coelho
“A man and his wife, each in a different small plane, were out enjoying a flight, when the husband committed a flight error. He was able to recover, but his wife who was following him, crashed and was killed. The husband was distraught, blaming himself for the accident. One day when pleading with the Lord for forgiveness, he heard a voice saying "Jesus died, even for dumb mistakes."” MenDifferentAbleJesusEnjoyVoiceMistakeLordWifeHeardOne DayHusbandDiedBlameErrorsCommittedFollowingAccidentsFlightDumbPlanesPleadingDistraught Author:Truman G. Madsen
“Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of blame-and pain-in a relationship...It does not settle all questions of blame and justice and fairness...But it does allow relationships to start over. In that way, said Solzhenitsyn, we differ from all animals. It is not our capacity to think that makes us different, but our capacity to repent, and to forgive.” ThinkingWayDoeSaidDifferentPainJusticeAnimalBreakForgivenessCapacityBlameForgivingSettlingCyclesFairnessRepentStarting Over Author:Philip Yancey
“Tragedies do happen. We can discover the reason, blame others, imagine how different our lives would be had they not occurred. But none of that is important: they did occur, and so be it. From there onward we must put aside the fear that they awoke in us and begin to rebuild” LifeImportantDifferentReasonInspirationHappensWould BeFearOur LivesImagineWise WordsTragedyBlameMoving ForwardMoving OnEncouragingOvercoming AdversityWords Of EncouragementAnything Can HappenBad Things HappenWarrior Of The Light Author:Paulo Coelho
“In the New World, you'll kick your own ass and I'll wash my own brain. I'll be my own parents and you'll be you own wife. And vise versa. That'll be normal in the New World - different from the Old World, where everyone except me is to blame for my ignorance and you call on everyone except yourself to give you what you need. I'll push my own buttons and right my own wrongs. You'll wake yourself up and sing your won songs.” WorldNeedsGivingDifferentSongParentMy OwnBrainWifeIgnoranceNormalEmpowermentBlameAssKicksNew WorldBe YouButtonsOld World Author:Rob Brezsny
“Everyone lies to themselves, but many people do it with good intentions. They want to believe what they tell themselves, it is oftentimes the best possible version of reality for them. Although it may not be accurate, it is a mural of their desires, aspirations, optimism and passion. These people usually either need time or a new experience to discover the truth. People who lie to themselves for different reasons are oftentimes trying to avoid something or escape blame for things they have done.” PeopleWantNeedsTryingBelieveMayDifferentReasonDoneRealityLyingDesirePassionOptimismBlameIntentionVersionsAspirationAccurateGood IntentionsNew ExperiencesTime Of NeedMuralPeople Who Lie Author:Ashly Lorenzana
“I've had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it's paparazzi photographers or for film posters. The topless Interview shoot was one of the ones where I said: 'OK, I'm fine doing the topless shot so long as you don't make them any bigger or retouch.' Because it does feel important to say it really doesn't matter what shape you are. I think women's bodies are a battleground, and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape.” ThinkingFeelsLongDoeSaidImportantDifferentMatterReasonBodyFilmDifficultFineShapesPhotographyShotsBiggerBlamePhotographerVarietyInterviewsOur SocietyPostersPaparazziDifferent TimesWomen's BodiesBattleground Author:Keira Knightley