“It was important, I know, for my father as a product of his times not to be vulnerable, so he chose, and I can't say that I blame him, to live his life rather than create it.” KnowsI CanImportantFatherProductsBlameVulnerable Author:Marita Golden
“I'm being explicit about really horrifying experiences in my life, but my hope has always been to be responsible as an artist and to avoid indulging in my misery, or to come off as an exhibitionist. I don't want to make the listener complicit in my vulnerable prose poem of depression, I just want to honor the experience. I'm not the victim here, and I'm not seeking other peoples' sympathy. I don't blame my parents, they did the best they could.” WantArtistParentHonorResponsibleVictimBlameMiserySeekingVulnerableProseListenersBeing ResponsibleExplicitExhibitionist Author:Sufjan Stevens
“Part of the blame can be put at the artists' door, too - no question. But I see our involvement more as a consequence. When there is too much money at stake, the whole system gets corrupted. Artists can be very vulnerable to these mechanisms.” WholeArtistToo MuchDoorsConsequenceBlameVulnerableStakesMechanismInvolvement Author:Maurizio Cattelan
“The usual pattern of demagogues is to promise the moon, fail to deliver, and then blame vulnerable others for those failures.” FailingPromiseMoonBlamePatternsVulnerableUsual Author:Van Jones
“At the peak of the so-called great success of neoliberal economics, in 2007, right before the crash, non-supervisory workers were at wages considerably lower than in 1979, when the neoliberal assault was taking off. That perfectly naturally causes resentment and fear, and combines with a tendency to blame the most vulnerable.” CausesEconomicsBlameWorkersTendenciesVulnerableResentmentCrashWagesAssaultGreat Success Author:Noam Chomsky
“It's a very vulnerable position to be in. I was so young and I was not focused on what I looked like. I was focused on the gold medal. At the end of the day, I have changed. I can't blame anybody for saying, 'Oh, she changed!' You know, because I have. And that's OK. It's good to keep evolving and growing. I think most people should be accepting with stuff like that, but you know, you can't force anybody into feeling a certain way. So for anybody who's judging it and not liking it, that's fine. Unfollow me. I don't really care.” PeopleThinkingFeelingsCareAcceptingChangedJudgingGoldBlameFocusedVulnerableEvolveMedalI Have Changed Author:McKayla Maroney
“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
“The state of interbeing is a vulnerable state. It is the vulnerability of the naive altruist, of the trusting lover, of the unguarded sharer. To enter it, one must leave behind the seeming shelter of a control-based life, protected by walls of cynicism, judgment, and blame.” StatesBehindsWallLoversJudgmentBlameVulnerableVulnerabilityCynicismProtectedShelterNaiveSeemingInterbeing Book:The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible Source: The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible