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This inspires the guilt-ridden hair-shirt left to reject the politics of fun, while embracing a politics of respectability.
Benjamin Shepard: In Defense of the Silly: From Direct Action to the Pies of March Benjamin Shepard 2011
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For too long, a hair-shirt tendency on the left has insisted that a commitment to progressive values is incompatible with an appreciation for the magic and wonder of royalty.
The magic of the monarchy: The royal moment has come | Editorial 2011
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This inspires the guilt-ridden hair-shirt left to reject the politics of fun, while embracing a politics of respectability.
Benjamin Shepard: In Defense of the Silly: From Direct Action to the Pies of March Benjamin Shepard 2011
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Trying to read Kierkegaard felt like wearing a hair-shirt with fleas.
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That does not mean this should have been or was a hair-shirt royal wedding.
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This seems to have done the trick with Joe Cole, a player who, some years back adopted a furiously hair-shirt style of play, puffing about the pitch, knees high, chest out, in a manner that can only be described as apologetic.
Why we must savour the rare English delicacy that is Jack Wilshere Barney Ronay 2010
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This inspires the guilt-ridden hair-shirt left to reject the politics of fun, while embracing a politics of respectability.
Benjamin Shepard: In Defense of the Silly: From Direct Action to the Pies of March Benjamin Shepard 2011
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For most filmgoers, the words "Opus Dei" typically conjure up images of self-flagellating, hair-shirt clad fanatics slinking through the darkened streets of Paris on a mission to keep the supposed burial place of Mary Magdalene a secret.
Cathleen Falsani: How Do You Solve A Problem Like St. Josemaria? Cathleen Falsani 2011
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Known for near-constant bouts of distemper and "the stone," and his practice of sleeping on a rock with a hair-shirt on, Theophanes is best celebrated by plucking one of god's floral creations and getting stoned, enough so that you, too can live through a horrible hairy sensation (on the tongue), no desire for women, and the kind of stomach cramps only six bags of Cool Ranch Doritos can bring on.
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Known for near-constant bouts of distemper and "the stone," and his practice of sleeping on a rock with a hair-shirt on, Theophanes is best celebrated by plucking one of god's floral creations and getting stoned, enough so that you, too can live through a horrible hairy sensation (on the tongue), no desire for women, and the kind of stomach cramps only six bags of Cool Ranch Doritos can bring on.
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