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“You'd let the whole world perish rather than soil that immaculate self of yours with a single spot of which you'd have to be ashamed.”

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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.

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I know what you're thinking... and you oughtta be ashamed of yourself.

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I'm not ashamed of the things I believe and why I believe them.

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If, with all the time at my disposal, with all the wealth of the resources of this vast universe, to do with as I…

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You should avoid hedging, at least that's what I think. You should be ashamed to die until you've made some contribution to mankind.

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There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of it.

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You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.

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It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.

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