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"Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more."
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"At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings."

"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."

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

"Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union card - down from about one-third of workers in labor's heydays in the 1950s."

"Liberals believe they own the franchise on minorities and can't stand any Hispanic or black who breaks rank."

"From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties."
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