| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 35920 |
| QUOTATION: | In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Michael Lewis (late20th-century), professor, pediatrics and psychiatry. Shame, The Exposed Self, ch. 11 (1992). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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