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"Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more."
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"He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction, he had on the contrary an engaging modesty."

"At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings."

"Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues."

"Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise."

"We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds."

"We have to stop anyway. I don't want you to regret this later. And I don't want your head to explode.""Really? You're so good that my head would explode?"It took him a moment. His expression changed from intense to speculative. "It's a possibility. I'm not a doctor, but Doolittle says it could happen.""That's a lot of expectation to live up to.""I exceed expectations."So modest, too."

"I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty."

"Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either."
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"From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties."

"For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people."

"Choosing one's leaders is an affirmation that the person making the choice has inherent worth."

"Back in the day, a pair of tight jeans was enough to earn a girl a bad reputation. Now slutty has gone Main Street."

"The United Nations was founded in the aftermath of World War II, just as the world was beginning to learn the full horrors of history's worst genocide, the Holocaust that consumed 6 million Jews and 3 million others in Europe."

"Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence."

"Some 43 percent of voters in union households voted for President Bush in 2004, according to exit poll data."

"Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats."

"In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us."

"The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, proves the point."
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