James Spader

Acting for me, is a passion, but it's also a job, and I've always approached it as such. I have a certain manual-laborist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some money.

American Actor

Jamie Lee Curtis

I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling - and maybe make it easier for women my age who had probably felt bad about themselves.

American Actress

Fiona Apple

The worst pain in the world is shame. I spend a lot of time trying to not do anything bad to anyone, but you can't live your life and not hurt people.

American Musician

KT Tunstall

It's a shame that when you've actually lived some life and have something to write about, they're saying you're too old to come out and play it.

Scottish Musician

Jason Blum

I read an interview where someone said, 'It's a shame that anyone can make a movie now,' and I feel the exact opposite.

American Producer

Rebecca Loos

I wanted control over what was said and what was not said, rather than holding my head down in shame.

English Celebrity

Kangana Ranaut

It's very hard for me to find any sort of shame or blame in my life. I'm not made that way.

Indian Actress

Dolly Parton

I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.

American Singer

Benny Gantz

Israeli Politician

Francois Rabelais

French Clergyman

Shame is internal and personal, often linked to guilt.

Personal Feeling

Others might not know you feel shame; it's not always visible.

Not Always Seen

This shame comes from outside, from others' opinions or situations.

External Disappointment

Using 'It's a shame' shows sympathy for unfortunate situations.

Expressing Sympathy

Being shamed can push people to change their behavior.

Force of Change

Used informally to express empathy in disappointing moments.

Colloquial Empathy

Indicates a mild, often personal, disappointment in events.

Mild Discontent

 that it's really only done at major universities and large institutions. And so in order to be able to access the brain, you really need to dedicate your life and spend six and a half years as a graduate student just to become a neuroscientist to get access to these tools. And that's a shame because one out of five of us,

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 And it's such a shame because these are really, really important breeding sites for loads of different threatened birds, And it just shows how much of a problem we're causing for these environments. But here on an abandoned island, we're still not escaping from the problems that we're causing.

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 that's not good at all that's a shame because they just plucked up the courage to come right up to the camera so the camera did give us the opportunity to find out a bit more about them i think from our point of view what's gonna be interesting is you know will these be the hyenas of the

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 Furthermore, the statue was so detailed and lifelike, down to the bulging veins in David's arm and the determination on his face, that it seemed a shame to hide it so far from the viewer. A council of politicians and artists convened to decide on a new location for the statue.

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 toothpaste and it's like a routine part of our everyday lives but the only time we think about it is when it runs out now that's a shame because toothpaste is fascinating stuff tooth care remedies have been around for thousands of years the world's oldest surviving formula is

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 Unfortunately, dehorned, the kind of the thing that makes a rhino a rhino really is taken away from them. It's such a shame, but I guess it's the only way that we're kind of working towards to be able to save them and let them live a normal life. Do rhinos have predators?

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 yelling and screaming telling everyone to get out he grabbed me by the scruff of my neck he says what have you done you've shamed the family you have dishonored and defiled the home people pray here he said you're bringing these people here to do these things he called

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 Other methods may be more intense using techniques of coercive persuasion involving guilt, shame, and fear. And in many cases, members may willingly submit out of desire to belong and to attain the promised rewards. The cult environment discourages critical thinking,

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 the most 280 individuals in the world. Goodness me, that's such a shame and that's the thing with these species, you know, they're lesser known. But if you don't conserve them, nobody will ever know about them

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 But the entire panel's point was to raise awareness in a way that did not shame male gamers. As a woman, I was sexist, and even misogynistic, against my own gender.

Shame

The feeling you get when you have done something wrong or embarrassing.

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Something or someone that causes feelings of disappointment or disapproval.

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To make someone feel shameful or embarrassed.

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Used to express disappointment or regret.

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A regrettable or unfortunate situation.

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Personal Feeling

Not Always Seen

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