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> [For an overwhelming majority of my life, my country has been a source of pain, fear, and embarrassment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/for-an-overwhelming-majority-of-my-life-my-country-has-been-a-source/)

[Hisham Matar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-matar/)

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> [“So this is what it’s like to have so much desire for something it clouds all fear and embarrassment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-cross/so-this-is-what-it-s-like-to-have-so-much-desire-for-something-it/)

[Julie Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-cross/)

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> [Comedy has traditionally been about fear of embarrassment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-roth/comedy-has-traditionally-been-about-fear-of-embarrassment/)

[Marco Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-roth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/marco-roth-40008_comedy_comedy-has-traditionally-been-about-fear_1086733.png)

> [I think that fear of embarrassment is the essence of the human challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-moore-lapp/i-think-that-fear-of-embarrassment-is-the-essence-of-the-human/)

[Frances Moore Lappé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-moore-lapp/)

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> [The pressure is really what makes you work. The fear and the embarrassment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-povitsky/the-pressure-is-really-what-makes-you-work-the-fear-and-the/)

[Esther Povitsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-povitsky/)

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> [The best gift you can give yourself is getting over the fear of embarrassment because then you're completely free to try anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-itzler/the-best-gift-you-can-give-yourself-is-getting-over-the-fear-of/)

[Jesse Itzler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-itzler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/jesse-itzler-9518_best_the-best-gift-you-can-give-yourself-is-g_647574.jpg)

> [“I came to the startling realization that if there really is no reason to do anything, then there is also no reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-manson/i-came-to-the-startling-realization-that-if-there-really-is-no-reason/)

[Mark Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-manson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/mark-manson-537_death_i-came-to-the-startling-realization-that_3075035.jpg)

> [Women face so much at various levels - it can be as simple as the common belief that a woman is incapable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bhumi-pednekar/women-face-so-much-at-various-levels-it-can-be-as-simple-as-the/)

[Bhumi Pednekar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bhumi-pednekar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/bhumi-pednekar-5560_embarrassment_women-face-so-much-at-various-levels-it_2834777.jpg)

> [“Conformity comes into this, too: I sure would look like an idiot if I rushed to help and it turned out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/conformity-comes-into-this-too-i-sure-would-look-like-an-idiot-if-i/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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