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“There is a war on terror that must be fought. Nobody's immune... And so rather than finding fault with what Spain has done by being aggressive in the war on terror, this should redouble everyone's efforts to go after terrorist organizations of any kind... Terror has to be brought to an end.”

Should Kind War Ends Done Effort Findings Organization Faults Terror Terrorist Aggressive Immune War On Terror

Author:Colin Powell

“He [Barack Obama] talked about a crisises and he was blaming the Republicans on this crisises. It's like me blaming my wife for my drinking. I don't se how this is the Republicans fault.”

Wife Republican Blame Faults Drinking My Wife Like Me Barack

Author:Barack Obama

“You can't fault people for who they vote for, who they don't vote for.”

People Vote Faults

Author:Mike Holloway

“I think everything in your life's your own damn fault and that's my simple philosophy in that, and I think you're broke because you want to be just like you're fat because you want to be or stupid because you want to be or unemployed, it must be because you want to be. Otherwise, it'd be different.”

Thinking Want Different Philosophy Simple Stupid Like You Faults Fats Broke Damn Unemployed

Author:Larry Winget

“I realized that it's my own fault that people take advantage of me. I should be around people who cherish my talents, my health, my time. I'm not a pawn for anyone's future business. I'm an artist. I deserve better than to be loyal to people who only believe in me because I make money.”

People Should Believe Artist My Own Talent Deserve Advantage Faults I Realized Making Money My Time Cherish Loyal Believe In Me Pawns Deserve Better Future Business

Author:Lady Gaga

“I'm pretty transparent and very honest almost to a fault. I don't hide anything or sugarcoat anything. I don't play politics because that means I'd have to lie. I'm just forthright in my whole being.”

Mean Play Whole Lying Honest Faults Transparent

Author:Stacy Barthe

“The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.”

Positive Findings Philosophical Faults Merit Scholar Learners Fault Finding

Book:Hegel's Philosophy of right

Source: Hegel's Philosophy of right

“We can all control our own destiny. And I think sometimes it's a copout to say, "Well, it's this person's fault or another person's fault."”

Thinking Wells Persons Sometimes Destiny Faults

Author:Joel Osteen

“It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.”

Real States Values Individual Easier Faults Providence Deficiency Imports

Book:The Philosophy of History

Source: The Philosophy of History

“The level of acting that I bring to films in three dimensions. I hope they make people sign some kind of waiver because if their mind explodes from my acting in 3D, it's not my fault.”

People Ifs Mind Kind Film Three Levels Acting Faults Dimensions Three Dimensions Waiver

Author:Thomas Lennon

“There was a time when I let go of the reins and thought, What's meant to happen will happen. That's probably one of my biggest faults as a person, and something that I've had to work really hard on: believing in this idea that the universe will decide for me. The universe is not going to decide in your favor.”

Believe Persons Ideas Hard Happens Universe Letting Go Faults Favors Reins Meant To Happen

Author:Rashida Jones

“I think the biggest faults that bands tend to have in terms of drama or breaking up is bands don't learn people's personalities. When you spend as much time with people obviously it's going to rub off, and you are going to get to know the way people are. You can make sure day to day people are accommodated to and people feel positive about the experience, then you can stay together as a band, at least that is my opinion.”

People Thinking Knows Way Feels Together Term Opinion Personality Drama Band Faults Day To Day

Author:Andy Biersack

“My freedom from hatred - I would even claim for myself individually, my love - for those who consider themselves to be my enemies, does not make me blind to their faults.”

Love Doe Enemy Hatred Claims Blind Faults

Book:Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

“If I am true to myself, if I am true to mankind, if I am true to humanity, I must understand all the faults that human flesh is heir to.”

Ifs Men Humans Humanity Mankind Faults Flesh Heirs True To Myself

Book:Gandhi on Nehru

Source: Gandhi on Nehru

“Women tend to vote the economic interests of their families and to speak out on family economic issues. For men, there's often much more focus on the idea of personal failure: "If I'm not winning this great economic game, it must be my fault."”

Ifs Men Ideas Games Winning Speak Interest Issues Focus Economic Vote Faults Speaks Out Economic Issues Personal Failure

Author:Elizabeth Warren

“And freedom comes with grace, kindness, understanding, and love. Don't take anything personal, folks. Whatever is said about you or rumored or you heard something - you haven't done anything wrong and it's not your fault. That is your own self-invisible anchor that will stop your boat of life from going forward.”

Said Self Done Understanding Kindness Grace Heard Havens And Love Faults Folks Invisible Boat Anchors Understanding And Love

Author:Gary Busey

“There's no idea that can't be explained to a thoughtful 14-year-old. If the thoughtful 14-year-old doesn't get it, it is your fault, not the 14-year-old's.”

Ifs Years Ideas Faults No Idea Thoughtful

Author:Malcolm Gladwell

“I love Austin, but last time I was in town for twelve hours. I was exhausted, drunk and miserable. But none of that was Austin's fault.”

Lasts Hours Towns Faults Drunk Miserable Twelve Last Time Exhausted Austin

Author:Anthony Jeselnik

“Remember how he handled the Iran-contra Never Ending Scandal from Hell? He went on national television, the President of the United States, and said it wasn't his fault, because he was not aware, at the time, of what his foreign policy was.”

Said States Funny Remember President United United States Hell Policy Television Faults Iran Foreign Policy Scandal Never Ending Reaganomics Iran Contra

Book:Dave Barry Turns Forty

Source: Dave Barry Turns Forty

“You just got to be really logical when you're a comedian - to a fault. Like a lawyer's got to believe in the law.”

Believe Law Faults Lawyer Comedian Logical

Author:Chris Rock

“In the current world, with the skills needed, dropouts [like no secondary education] are condemned to being members of the underclass. In my view, this is a fault of the American school system, which is a government monopoly.”

World Government School Views Needed Skills Members Faults Currents Monopoly Being Me School System Dropouts Secondary Education

Author:Milton Friedman

“Confronting the US made him [Hugo Chavez] a target for demonization. Partisan and/or lazy journalism exaggerated his faults, ignored his virtues, and downplayed the influence of strident and on occasion anti-democratic opponents. The flip side is his anti-imperialist posturing so dazzled his cheerleaders they overlooked his flaws, flaws which worsened over time, and they created their own caricature.”

Made Sides Virtue Influence Democratic Faults Journalism Occasions Opponents Lazy Target Flaws Ignored Flip Exaggerated Partisans Overlooked Confronting Caricatures Cheerleader Chavez

Author:Rory Carroll

“There was one time where I failed to perform sexually. My girlfriend said to me "oh don't worry, it happens to a lot of guys". Ok, there are two things wrong with that. First of all who are these other guys?, and second of all if it's happening to more than one of us, don't you think it could be YOUR fault?”

Ifs Thinking Firsts Said Two Humor Happens Funny Guy Worry Happenings Faults Girlfriend Two Things One Time Other Guys Sexually My Girlfriend

Author:Jimmy Carr

“The architecture per se isn't at fault. The more important factor, in my view, is the political neglect of these areas, which have essentially been cut off from other neighborhoods.”

Important Political Views Cutting Areas Faults Architecture Factors Neighborhood Neglect

Author:Rem Koolhaas

“I think there's an awful lot of ball players with great skills, but whether or not they're going to be on winning teams is not going to be answered until you see how they fit in to a team or a program. If they don't, it may be their fault or it may be their coaches.”

Ifs Thinking May Winning Player Team Fit Skills Program Balls Faults Coaches Awful Winning Team Ball Players

Author:Tex Winter

“We don't necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.”

Faults Methodology Ethos

Author:Adam Savage

“Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause.”

Motivational Suffering Causes Blame Faults Shoulders Throwing Sole Mud

Book:Lectures from Colombo to Almora

Source: Lectures from Colombo to Almora

“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.”

Ifs Life Inspirational Wanted School Father Women Change Inspiring Teacher Taught Brother Inspirational Life Blame Faults Bad Ass Your Brother

Author:Katharine Hepburn

“I didn't say it was your fault. I said I was going to blame it on you.”

Said Conflict Blame Competition Faults Negotiation Funny Boss

Author:Ashleigh Brilliant

“It's frightening enough with a male actor and not a stunt person. If you accidently punch him with the wrong hand, then you've cost them a week's work and they've got a black eye or a lot of money goes on CG to get rid of it. That was nerve wracking, but it was very civilized. Women tend to immediately take responsibility if somebody messes up with both of us saying it's our fault. Men are quite happy for it to be your fault it seems like.”

Ifs Men Persons Enough Hands Seems Eye Actors Black Responsibility Week Goes On Cost Faults Males Mess Civilized Nerves Frightening Lots Of Money Taking Responsibility Black Eyes

Author:Kate Beckinsale

“Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.”

Truth Argument Errors Faults Calm Arguing Courtesy Calmness Fierceness

Book:Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor

Source: Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor

“Women tend to immediately take responsibility if somebody messes up with both of us saying it's our fault. Men are quite happy for it to be your fault it seems like.”

Ifs Men Seems Responsibility Faults Mess Taking Responsibility

Author:Colin Farrell

“Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.”

Needs Two Truth Lying Grows Honesty Truth Is Ethics Faults Dare Being True Lied Truth And Lies Honest Truth Truth And Honesty Truth Honesty Lies Truth Nothing But The Truth

Book:Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor

Source: Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor

“Be to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind.”

Kind Littles Virtue Mom Daughter Blind Faults Baby Girl Mom And Daughter

Author:Matt Prior

“He is lifeless that is faultless.”

Blame Faults Lifeless

Author:Voltaire

“Under bad manners, as under graver faults, lies very commonly an overestimate of our special individuality, as distinguished from our generic humanity.”

Lying Humanity Special Faults Individuality Manners Courtesy Distinguished Generic Overestimate Bad Manners

Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving wherein men find pleasure to be deceived.”

Men Art Lying Pleasure Faults Vain Deceiving Deceived Dishonesty Being Deceived Deceiving Others

Book:An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Source: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

“If anyone removes (one of the) anxieties of this world from a believer, God will remove (one of the) anxieties from him on the Day of Resurrection; if one smoothes the way for one who is destitute, God will smooth the way for him in this world and the next; and if anyone conceals the faults of a Muslim, God will conceal his faults in this world and the next. God helps a man as long as he helps his brother. If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge God will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise.”

Ifs Men World Way Long Helping Next Easy Knowledge Path This World Brother Anxiety Faults Islam Believer Gods Will Pursue Paradise Remove Resurrection Smooth God Help Destitute

Author:Elijah Muhammad

“It is very easy to see the allure of alcohol to dull the prain and the temptation to punish myself for something that is not my fault. But he sobering truth is that if I step onto the path of self-destruction, I know I will never come back.”

Ifs Knows Self Easy Grief Steps Path Truth Is Destruction Faults Alcohol Temptation Dull Self Destruction Allure

Author:Bill Jenkins

“A fault is fostered by concealment.”

Philosophical Faults Concealment

Author:Virgil

“The child who ran weeping to you with a cut finger is now brought home, smiling gamely, with a broken collarbone and incredible contusions- 'it wasn't Jezebels fault, Dad.'”

Children Home Cutting Broken Dad Horse Faults Fingers Incredibles Ran Weeping Jezebel

Author:Pam Brown

“Translations increase the faults of a work and spoil its beauties.”

Language Increase Faults Translations Spoil

Author:Voltaire

“A single assembly is apt to grow ambitious, and after a time will not hesitate to vote itself perpetual. This was one fault of the Long Parliament; but more remarkably of Holland, whose assembly first voted themselves from annual to septennial, then for life, and after a course of years, that all vacancies happening by death or otherwise, should be filled by themselves, without any application to constituents at all.”

Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

“Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so, Not for thy faults, but mine.”

Mines Faults Hated Farewell

Book:CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE

Source: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE

“Activism isn't about holding your faults up to the light. That's what comedy is about, it's about saying, 'Look at this person who is so flawed and frail and damaged. And we're all this frail and damaged so let's laugh at it.”

Looks Persons Light Laughing Comedy Faults Activism Flawed Frail

Author:Scott Thompson

“Every year, it takes more brains to navigate this complicated world. More people are falling below what I call the 'incompetence line' through no fault of their own.”

People World Years Inspiration Fall Lines Brain Faults Complicated Incompetence Navigate Complicated World

Author:Scott Adams

“It is by no means enough that an officer should be capable. . . . He should be as well a gentleman of liberal education, refined manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor. . . . No meritorious act of a subordinate should escape his attention, even if the reward be only one word of approval. Conversely, he should not be blind to a single fault in any subordinate.”

Ifs Should Wells Mean Enough Attention Honor Capable Blind Faults Rewards Manners Gentleman Officers Approval Courtesy One Word Refined Subordinates Naval Liberal Education

Author:John Paul Jones

“Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault.”

Sometimes Tragedy Luck Faults Ancient Planes Greek Crash Bad Luck Ancient Greek Greek Tragedy Plane Crashes

Author:Werner Herzog

“The highest of characters is his who is as ready to pardon the moral errors of mankind as if he were every day guilty of them himself; and as cautious of committing a fault as if he never forgave one.”

Ifs Character Moral Mankind Ready Highest Errors Faults Guilty Pardon Cautious

Author:Pliny the Younger

“Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.”

Knows Men Doe Know How Perfection Faults Great Men Incapable Estimating

Author:Voltaire