For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.
I don't want to embarrass any other catcher by comparing him to Johnny Bench.
Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?
If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking?
The traditional practice is that the justices don't ask the attorney general any questions, so as not to embarrass him. But Bobby Kennedy had let them know that he didn't mind if they asked him questions and they did.
There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.
We didn't do wrong things because we didn't want to embarrass our parents.
I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was going to destroy my career than I didn't have much of a career to start with. I just went for it. God willing I wasn't over the top and didn't embarrass myself.
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and wonder how I do these things. I can embarrass myself so badly that I literally get a hot prickle down the back of my neck.
Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress or tension, they won't go out on a limb because they won't want to embarrass themselves if they don't feel completely comfortable.
When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents.
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.
I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.
A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
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