"An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be."

Apology, Dignity, Gentleman, Wrong

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"An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be."

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"The first reaction is surely the most natural one, but not always the most correct one; thereupon, the invention of apologies."

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"When she opened her door, Levi was sitting in the hallway, his legs bent in front of him, hunched forward on his knees. He looked up when she stepped out."I'm such an idiot, he said.Cath fell between his knees and hugged him."I can't believe I said that, he said. "I can't even go nine hours without seeing you."

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"Women live lives of continual apology. They are born and raised to take the blame for other people's behavior. If they are treated without respect, they tell themselves that they have failed to earn respect. If their husbands do not fancy them, it is because they are unattractive."

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"An apology can be a wonderful thing so long as it is infrequent and from the heart. However, beware of the person who justifies bad behavior with apologies. For them it is a means to an end, and quite often at your expense."

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"My singing voice is somewhere between a drunken apology and a plumbing problem."

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"We inadvertently bombed the Chinese Embassy. But Clinton now is working very hard. He has sent a letter of apology to the Chinese. And, he's also given them a gift certificate for future nuclear secrets."

David Letterman, American Comedian

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"Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made. Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made."

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"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be a dickhead. Well, I did."

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"Just say "I'm sorry. It's not a tongue twister. It does not need repeating multiple times. The phrase is simple and short, easy to articulate. And the last time I checked, it sounded just as good-if not better-in a whisper. So just say it; say "I'm sorry."

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"I am not very moved by historical apologies."

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