“By attempting to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we are giving away our power to some other individual or organization. In this way, millions daily attempt to escape from freedom.” — M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled
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“Mistakes were made long ago. It is someone else’s fault. We can’t be held responsible, but we are very sorry.” — Kyle Minor, In the Devil’s Territory
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“To the extent that one is responsible for one’s life, one is alone.” — Irvin D. Yalom, Existential Psychotherapy
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“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” — George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists
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“I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It’s their mistake, not my failing.” — Richard Feynman, Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
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“The secret of the fly ball is that you don’t shout, “you’ve got it.”” — Seth Godin, “I got it!”
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“When publicly censured our first instinct is to make everybody a codefendant.” — Ambrose Bierce, Epigrams of a Cynic
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“What we call history is perhaps a way of avoiding responsibility for what has happened, is happening, in time.” — James Baldwin, A Rap on Race
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“The most important words that have helped me in life when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are accept responsibility.” — Billie Jean King, Commencement Address at University of Massachusetts (2000-05-21)
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“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.” — J. K. Rowling, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination”
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