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Virginia Woolf Novelist
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"She thought there were no Gods; no one was to blame; and so she evolved this atheist's religion of doing good for the sake of goodness."

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Susan Sontag Essayist, Critic, Activist
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"Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims."

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Zig Ziglar Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Your failures won't hurt you until you start blaming them on others."

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Nelson Mandela Political Leader
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"We cannot blame other people for our troubles. We are not victims of the influx of foreign people into South Africa. We must remember that it was mainly due to the aggressive and hostile policies of the apartheid regime that the economic development of our neighbours was undermined."

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John Keats Poet
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"Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works."

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Desmond Tutu Theologian, Activist
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"It was relatively easy, we now realize, to categorize countries and nations. You knew who your enemies were and whom you could count on as collaborators and friends. And even more importantly, you had ready-made scapegoats to take the blame when things were going wrong."

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Umberto Eco Writer, Philosopher, Literary Critic
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"Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame."

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Sophocles Playwright, Philosopher
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"What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!"

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