“I don't believe that expressing your opinion, regardless of who is there, is being rude. And it's a shame that we've reached a level in our country where we think that you don't have the right to put your opinion out there.” ThinkingBelieveCountryLevelsOpinionShameDon't BelieveOur CountryRudeBeing Rude Author:Benjamin Carson
“After the sleep of death we are to gather up our forces again with the incalculable results of this life, a crown of shame or glory upon our heads, and begin again on a new level of progress.” ForceSleepLevelsResultsProgressGloryShameThis LifeImmortalityCrownsBegin Again Book:Speech in Season Source: Speech in Season
“There's a level of shame attached to our history, and we need to replace that shame with pride and own our history. These are our superheroes. These are our people, and I would love to see us own this side of our history with pride.” PeopleNeedsSidesLevelsPrideShameSuperhero Author:Jurnee Smollett
“Emotions like guilt and shame cut you off from web of existence and that causes inflammation in the body. I would recommend that you go to a level of awareness where you can be an observer of your thoughts and emotions and use mindfulness.” UseBodyCausesLevelsEmotionExistenceCuttingAwarenessMindfulnessShameGuiltObserversThoughts And Emotions Author:Deepak Chopra
“Part of that is ordinary African-Americans, you come out of your house and you see the conditions in your neighborhood and you see, folks in your neighborhood doing certain things that, are irresponsible. You know, the thing I always think about, you get up early in the morning to go to work and there's some dude outside drinking and you come home and the same dude is outside drinking hanging on the corner. And then this engenders a level of anger I think and a level of shame.” ThinkingKnowsHomeCertainHouseLevelsMorningConditionsOrdinaryShameDrinkingFolksCornersGet UpAfrican AmericanNeighborhoodComing HomeIrresponsibleUp EarlyHanging On Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“The thing about kids is that they don't have the broader perspective of what's happening on a national level. Anything that's going wrong in their world, they somehow assume is unique to them and they're somehow to blame. It turns into an issue of shame.” WorldKidsTurnsLevelsIssuesPerspectiveUniqueHappeningsShameBlameAssuming Author:Lori Silverbush
“I just feel compelled to continue to be transparent. It just really levels the playing field and eradicates the shame that I have, or that one might have, about being human. So I'm going to just keep going.” FeelsHumansMightLevelsFieldsShameKeep GoingBeing HumanCompelledTransparentPlaying FieldsLevel Playing Field Author:Alanis Morissette
“We all place ourselves at various levels, and we are constantly falling from these heights. It is the falls we are ashamed of. Self-esteem is the cause of our shame, of our fall. It is this self-esteem that must be understood, and not the fall.” SelfFallCausesLevelsSelf EsteemUnderstoodShameVariousEsteemHeightAshamed Book:Commentaries on Living 2 Source: Commentaries on Living 2
“The difference between me and Bono is that he's quite happy to go and flatter people to get what he wants and he's very good at it, but I just can't do it. I'd probably end up punching them in the face rather than shaking their hand, so it's best that I stay out of their way. I can't engage with that level of bullshit. Which is a shame, really, and in a way it would help if I could, but I just can't. I admire the fact that Bono can, and can walk away from it smelling of roses.” PeopleIfsWayWantI CanEndsFactsHelpingHandsFacesDifferencesWalksLevelsShameRoseVery GoodAdmireIf I CouldBullshitShakingPunching Author:Thom Yorke
“Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these fail to realize that the new comes from here and gets imitated elsewhere. And it is not thanks to universities, which obviously claim a lot more credit than their accomplishments warrant. Like Britain in the Industrial Revolution, America's asset is, simply, risk taking and the use of optionality, this remarkable ability to engage in rational forms fo trial and error, with no comparative shame in failing again, starting again, and repeating failure.” PeopleStatesUseAmericaFormRealizingAbilityLevelsUnitedUnited StatesFailingRiskRevolutionLowsClaimsShameErrorsUniversityStartingCreditMathTrialsRationalThanksDefinedAccomplishmentBritainGradesRemarkableAssetsElsewhereFormalRisk-takingWarrantsIndustrial RevolutionTrial And ErrorFormal EducationLow Level Book:Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
“When you actively engage in gradually refining yourself, you retreat from your lazy ways of covering yourself or making excuses. Instead of feeling a persistent current of low-level shame, you move forward by using the creative possibilities of this moment, your current situation.” WayMomentsFeelingsMovingLevelsSituationCreativePossibilityLowsShameCurrentsExcuseMoving ForwardLazyRetreatPersistentCoveringRefiningLow LevelMaking ExcusesCurrent Situation Author:Epictetus
“What is a shame is that there isn't stuff that is as great as 'Oz' on a consistent level around today.” TodayStuffLevelsShameConsistent Author:Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje