Ronnie Milsap

I remember my uncle and my father telling me that my mother didn't want me because I was blind. She thought being blind was a disgrace and a punishment from God. I understand that a lot of young mothers probably wouldn't know what to do in that situation, but over your life you learn to forgive everything.

American Musician

Victoria Pendleton

Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.

British Athlete

Agnes Smedley

Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.

American Journalist

Mark Harmon

I was raised with the idea of maximum effort: as long as you could look in the mirror and say, 'I gave it everything I had,' it was OK. But if you gave it less, that would disgrace you.

American Actor

Bill Walton

At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person because of my failures and disgraces.

American Athlete

Horatio Nelson

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

British Admiral

Bobby Riggs

It's no disgrace to play against the world's champions and lose by one service break in the last two sets.

W. C. Fields

When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.

American Comedian

Charles Kettering

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

American Inventor

James Thomson

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

Scottish Musician

The word 'disgrace' carries a strong negative emotional impact, suggesting deep shame.

Emotional Weight

'Disgrace' implies actions much worse than ordinary mistakes; it often refers to severe moral failings.

Severity of Actions

Disgrace often involves public awareness of the shameful act.

Public Knowledge

'Disgrace' can imply that the shameful act or person reflects badly on a related group.

Reflects on Others

A 'disgrace' may refer to one's own feelings or how others view them.

Personal vs. External

'Disgrace' as a noun labels someone or something as worthy of shame.

Negative Label

Using 'disgrace' as a verb suggests an active loss of respect due to one's actions.

Active Condemnation

The verb 'disgrace' is often used concerning groups like family or organizations.

Family and Community

 and he resigned in disgrace when this young Republican named Newt Gingrich found out about a shady book deal that he had done. He lost everything. The most powerful Democrat in the country lost he lost his money, he lost his power. What does he have to say all these years later about it? "I am so much better off physically, financially, mentally and in almost every other way."

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 in disgrace when this young Republican named Newt Gingrich found out about a shady book deal he had done he lost everything most powerful Democrat in the country lost everything lost his money lost his power what does he have to say all these years later about it I am so much better off physically financially mentally in almost every other way what

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 if she is raped or if she marries a man that her father does not approve, or sometimes even if she wears inappropriate clothing. And this is done by members of her own family, so the family becomes murderers when the girl brings so-called disgrace to the family.

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 But of all the U.S. presidents accused of misusing that power, only one has left office as a result. Does Richard Nixon deserve to be remembered for more than the scandal that ended his presidency? Find out as we put this disgraced president's legacy on trial

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 While many of the details of Diogenes’ life are shadowy, the philosophical ideas born out of his disgrace survive today. In exile, Diogenes decided that by rejecting the opinions of others and societal measures of success, he could be truly free.

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 considered ritually impure by the ancient Egyptians some experts have concluded that for the screaming man to be buried in this manner means that whoever he was must have died in disgrace the forensic examination of

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 we were going to get them. This was like the democratization of justice. Hierarchies were being leveled out. We were going to do things better. Soon after that, a disgraced pop science writer called Jonah Lehrer --

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 Furious, he sent an army led by his son Absyrtus to bring the ill-gotten prize and his conniving daughter home. But all the players in this tale had underestimated the viciousness of these disgraced lovers.

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 "I will frown as I pass by, and let them take it as they list." "Nay, as they dare, I will bite my thumb at them, which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it." Enter Abraham and Balthasar.

Insults by Shakespeare

 extra ingredients, and you know the rest of the story. Portion size is obviously a massive, massive problem. Labeling is a massive problem. The labeling in this country is a disgrace.

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