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They (Aztecs) are looking forward to playing against us, and you can't blame them. Really, at this point in the season it doesn't matter who we are playing. Any team we play is going to be tough.

They hit both 3-pointers in a row. We can't blame nobody but ourselves.

They just chipped away. They came at us every inning. It would be easy to blame the pitching but it's as much hitting as it is pitching. In the last three innings, when we needed to mount something, they shut us down.

They want to blame us for disagreeing with them, ... It's a typical ploy. ... The police were the ones who turned this into a mistake. They thought they would embarrass us.

They weren't trying to make bad calls, but they did. At the same time, we had chances. I don't blame anybody. If you get to blaming, you'll find ways to lose.

They went with their judgment and you can't blame them.

It was my fault Kate went in during the second quarter. I saw our lead going and it scared me a little bit. I take the blame for that. I should have never put her in.

It's hard to blame an employer for not wanting to absorb higher medical insurance costs. Why should I pay for your bad habit?

It's hard to blame him for calling it quits. I think this is a very big challenge.

It's hard to blame productivity growth for a lot of manufacturing job losses.

It's definitely made a huge difference, especially in times of trouble. We didn't necessarily have a couple good series in Dallas, and it would have been easy to point the finger and blame it on something. But having the camaraderie that we do and knowing where everybody is going to be, we were able to fight through it and have a great fourth quarter.

It's certainly not his fault. He's been so unbelievable for us that he's last guy you'll ever blame for anything. ... He has really taken the team, the city, the fans, everything on his shoulders and has carried us right to where we are now.

It's certainly not his fault. He's been so unbelievable for us that the last guy you'll ever blame for anything is (Huet).

It was kind of surprising that nobody from (Southern Miss) got drafted. I don't know who's to blame for that, but it was kind of crazy.

When Donald Trump - star of Celebrity Apprentice, the man who brought you Trump Vodka [fail], Trump Steaks [fail], and Trump "University" [very likely fraud and fail]; and Twitter-hands extraordinaire - is setting up his bobblehead on the desk of the Oval Office and shredding through nuclear codes, you only have yourself to blame.

Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th; malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the terrorists, themselves, away from the guilty.

In a game like this you don't want to take any undisciplined penalties. He took responsibility, he didn't blame the referee. After that, his ability took over on what was just a great play.

In a general sense, I think it's bad to bring too much money into climbing, since it takes away a little from the beauty of the mountains. But at the same time, I can't blame the Nepali government - or the Indian, Pakistani or Chinese, depending on where you're climbing - from wanting to capitalize on foreign climbers.

I don't think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews. I would say much more than the Muslims. They have been slandered much more than the Muslims because they are blamed and slandered for everything. No one blames the Muslims for anything.

You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun

What you're blaming yourself for is being who you are. And that's no one's fault and nothing you can change.

No one blames her." "That never matters," said Alec. "Not when you blame yourself.

But that was Isabelle — if there was a boy around and blame that needed to be pinned on someone, Isabelle would pin it on him

The most obvious and condescending tell-tale sign that manipulation is taking place is that no one takes responsibility for the actions of the administration, its always some other department who is to blame and never the people who have authority, its always some nameless foot-soldiers, a few bad apples, when we all know that such excuses dont hold water, we know who gave the order for soldiers to engage in the abhorrent techniques of torture, we know who told subordinates in the corporation(s) to fudge the numbers and be creative, we know full well who makes these decisions. President Truman said, The buck stops here, now the buck effectively floats over many people never stopping anywhere, so theres no one to blame.

And that's the main buzz with betting games like this. Every weekend, whether I bet or not, I go through lists and try to pick winners in my own life so come Monday, if I did well, I can go 'told ya' and if I didn't do well I can blame it on something else." ()

And that way, I don't blame other people. I'm the one that has to keep off the drink. I'm taking responsibility for my life on everything.

After rounding up all the usual bearish suspects to blame for the market's disappointing performance this year, I've narrowed the problem to the price of oil. Investors fear that higher energy costs must eventually depress earnings growth.

Sometimes, when you don't win as much as you'd like, a lot of the blame goes to the quarterback, ... Right or wrong, that's just the way the game is. You don't really learn that until you have to go through it.

The group who spoke here the other day did not represent the American ideals of freedom, liberty and spreading that around the world. I frankly don't know what they represent, other than to blame America first.

The game is so quick that you can't blame things. We didn't score a run in the ninth. It's not a big deal.

The eagerness to cast blame on old England in the one case, and on New England in the other, does not disprove the sameness of the two things.

You've got to be prepared for anything in basketball. You can't blame the game on that at all. You never know any given night what will happen.

The hard part was after 22 years a lot of these people are like family, so it was more or less like a divorce, ... You go through the whole 12 steps of recovery. You are angry for a while, you blame people for a while and then you get over that and you are sad for a while, but now it is time to go on.

THE HARD WAY. Individual investors bear a lot of the blame for the selling.

The doctors and everyone said it wasn't our fault, it's just something that happens, but you always blame yourself. You always want better for your child. We always kind of blamed ourselves. What could we have done better to prevent it, but there's really nothing you can do.

This is a hard sell. This is not an easy sell. I can't blame them to a certain degree, but we've got to stop being so tied to one party.

The guys were really down following that game. I can't blame them. It was a tough one to take.

The folks in charge now are very aggressive. I don't blame them for going after Katie one bit. She's a big star and a very talented journalist - and a nice person as well.

The initial response is always to blame the police and CHP.

A guy like Bryan Beaty has made that shot 100 times. I thought he had a good look. I don't blame him for taking that shot.

The first couple periods, we were in it. We had chances but we didn't get any bounces. You can't blame what happened tonight on a lack of effort for the majority of the game. It looks a lot worse than it is just because of the last part of the third period.

The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on woman.

The community put such a premium on success. And you had no excuse to blame racism or discrimination as a reason why you couldn't succeed.

Even before my parents died, I felt all the responsibility to my family. I don't know why. In any business, any relationship, if something goes wrong, I feel I am to blame. It's something inside me.

Instead of seeking to pinpoint blame, seek to understand cause.

You can only blame yourself when you mess up. In basketball, it's a team effort. Everyone is together for a win or a loss. In swimming, you get to see how much you've improved.

You can place blame any where you want to. You can maybe say that Randy went a little too far. There's probably some truth to that, but I was surprised that Fieldin threw him out as quickly as he did knowing the kind of umpire that he is. He's a very good umpire. I don't know if Randy stepped over the line. I didn't necessarily think he did.

You can place the blame on me there ... I tried to make it as easy (on the players) as I could. I've seen (the captaincy) done 100 different ways. They've always complained that it's too structured. I tried to make it easy and told them to prepare like they would for a major and I'll tell you who you'll play with.

You can't put the blame on Bush for all that happened. They blame Bush for the late response, but they did not put the blame on the state and local folks. There were regional buses, school buses that could have evacuated people out of New Orleans.

You can't take the blame off of you, when naturally it takes two.

You certainly can't blame our guys for getting caught up in the competitiveness of it. I was disappointed with the way they handled it though.

You can't even blame them for blowing us out, because we were so bad then. But this is a completely different team, a different feel, a different coach staff.

You couldn't blame Mark for the seven goals he gave up (against Columbus) because his team hung him out to dry. He's done a great job since he came back, and that's why he's getting the start against Knoxville (tonight).

You create your own luck. We're not playing good soccer and bad things are happening to us. We have no one to blame but ourselves.

You definitely get the blame because the game's won, ... I hold myself accountable.

This is not about a lack of personal responsibility. To create a condition that promotes a disease and then blame those who have it is just patently unfair.

People who lose money always need someone to blame.

This is a huge triumph and shows rights campaigners have succeeded in at least convincing women victims of rape that they must come forward, and must not blame themselves for what happened to them,

Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.

Scientists will say we can't blame global warming for any single event. In a sense that's right, but the fact that the frequency and intensity of these events is increasing you can blame on global warming.

Blaming our behavior on forces outside ourselves is a way of avoiding responsibility.

And I take a lot of the blame for our record this year. And to come out and help this team win tonight is really a great feeling.

And record companies are always quick to blame piracy and the Internet but I think that's only a small part of it. I think it's the corporate bottom line mentality.

A.J. (goalie Andrew Jackson) played really well and we had a lot of chances, but we took a lot of bad penalties. But I'm not one to blame the ref.

The blame for the 9/11 attacks lays squarely and exclusively with the Al-Qaeda network.

Such is our need to shower blame on some distant entity when it is we who lack the courage to face up to what is there before us.

Are we to say that any individual who's on steroids that has an angry moment is due to steroids? What about the individual who gets angry and kills someone who's not on steroids? What do we blame it on now?

The facts are to blame, my friend. We are all imprisoned by facts: I was born, I exist.

I blame myself every night we lose.

For far too long, people suffering from this disorder have had to deal with the theory that this is all societal, that somehow they choose to have anorexia, or parents have had to deal with the blame placed on them because somehow their parenting style caused this. Now, they know that they really need to go against the tide of their biology to overcome this.

For me I don't think it's good because there's no loyalty. There's always a way to blame somebody. I think if you have to sit out a year when you transfer there's a little more thought put into it.

a calculated campaign to blame gay men for the church's own criminal conduct in fostering and covering up decades of sex abuse.

Accepting the blame and putting politics aside would have been the true sign of leadership, ... (President Bush) has taken responsibility - Congress needs to do the same.

Access to social welfare is no longer a right to all, but a privilege for the few. The criminal government is to blame for all of this.

Football management is a tough job and I was fortunate that they did not panic when we got relegated and look to blame me. They thought we were doing the right things,

It's the easiest thing in the game of hockey, and I was a player, that you always turn back and try to blame the goaltender. There's no excuse there. Curtis will be fine. It's not Curtis' fault that we got beat 8-4.

It's not disappointing to lose; we have lost before, but to lose with little or no effort is upsetting. When you don't listen to what's being told it becomes rather frustrating. Like I told the guys, I will tell you what I want you to do and when it doesn't work, I'll take the blame but if you don't do what you are asked nothing can work. We had four guys doing one thing and one guy doing something else. It was one of our worst outings of the year.

It's three games to one. We've got to win some hockey games. To blame anybody right now, it's too late.

Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame; / And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.

The number of murders in the U.S. compared with the rest of the world is astronomical. I blame mostly the availability of guns.

It's like a pro quarterback who wants to keep going. I don't blame the dancers, but we do try to combat that.

It's almost like a family covering up for the abuser, who go after the one family member that wants to expose the truth and then they blame the victim.

It's no secret the penalties and frustrations of our club need to be better. I'm one to blame. I'm not blaming the officiating for any game or anybody else. It's completely the team's loss because of the penalties and the lack of discipline and not getting the right bounces tonight.

It is unfair to blame China for rising international oil prices.

It is too early to blame the restart of Iraqi oil shipments for the gains (crude stocks), but implies that gains may be larger in the weeks ahead.

I tried to stop. The ball just kind of slipped out. The throw was high, and the rest was history. ... I'm not going to try to blame it on anybody else.

It's tough to blame (OPEC) for higher oil prices. I think they're doing what they can.

It's me and all. I'll take all the blame if something were to happen.

It's not that I'm mentally worn down, but I'm playing on one knee. I'm still out there and I have to do things to help the team win games. I can't blame one thing. I'm not mentally worn down, I just can't move.

It's not necessarily out of nowhere. We practice it sometimes. I just didn't get the right connection on that. I blame myself because I probably should have held on to it and I probably would have scored. It was a mistake and mistakes will kill you against the Patriots.

It really hasn't surprised me that we've gotten into the blame game. I don't think this is the time to fire people. I think it's the time we need to help people.

It's all about accountability. If they're going to raise the rate, they can no longer blame the fluctuation of the real-estate market. They can't blame the speculators. They have no one to blame but themselves.

Eighteen years of excellence has earned Greenspan the benefit of the doubt when blame is being allocated.

That's the coach's decision. I'm not the coach. I'm not the GM, ... . . . If that's his excuse for missing practices - to blame me - then I'm strong enough to take the responsibility.

That's the coach's decision. I'm not the coach. I'm not the GM. . . . If that's his excuse for missing practices - to blame me - then I'm strong enough to take the responsibility.

That is a man concerned about his family...I don't blame him and I don't think anybody blames him.

Anyone who knows that area, if you had a bus, it would take you no more than 20 minutes to drive in with a bus and get these people out. They sat there for four or five days with no food, no water, babies getting raped in the bathrooms, there were murders, nobody was doing anything for these people. And we just drove right in, really disgraceful. I don't want to get too fired up with the rhetoric, but some blame needs to be placed somewhere.

As a college basketball coach, I'm upset for the future of game. Somebody has to be accountable. You can't blame just one group of people for this, unfortunately.

This meeting instills the personal responsibility into everyone so we don't rely solely on government. Too many times we want to blame somebody else instead of taking responsibility ourselves. It's our job to take care of our families and neighbors,

You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on.