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The title Shame was chosen after interviews with sex addicts and their experiences in preparation for the film.
Film "Shame" brings sex addiction tale to Venice Reuters 2011
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The title Shame was chosen after interviews with sex addicts and their experiences in preparation for the film.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Shame is a constraint, however incalculable or effective it is.
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Shame is not an emotion that really ever colors that question. cmholm says:
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Shame is that they are more loyal to "The GOP" than they are to their fellow Americans.
Vitter defends Southern influence in GOP, slams Voinovich 2009
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I like the bits that deal with Maggie and Brianna, but Shannon's story (the heroine of book 3, 'Born in Shame') doesn't resonate with me the same way.
Well ...that was interesting ... karenmiller 2008
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You only gave assistance to the people so that they could “get by”. short term Shame on you!
Weary Haitians face another day of searching in quake's aftermath 2010
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Shame is not a strong enough word for the executives who even entertain this idea.
How Should I.S.P.s Tell You if They Want to Track Your Surfing? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Shame is just a psychophysiological response (a set of responses, actually) and the affect which maps to that response, evolved as part of the big homeostatic system of our animal identities -- like the fear and fury which map to our flight or fight response, the excitement of the adrenal rush, the sense of wonder or desire, etc., all of those affective-biological sensations of our own impulses.
The Stain of Sin Hal Duncan 2006
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Shame is a part of that model -- a sensation of disgust at self which functions as negative feedback, identifying behaviours as "wrong" so we can nix them, thus minimising future shame, minimising affective turbulence and maintaining (or moving closer to) homoestasis.
The Stain of Sin Hal Duncan 2006
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