Pride Quotes
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The politician has no more use for pride than Falstaff had for honour.
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Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way,Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold,First pledge of blithesome May,Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold.
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Most people who have been done a favor consider it an opportunity to show their incorruptibility rather than their gratitude. This is not only considerably cheaper morally, but it sometimes increases their pride so much that pretty soon they look down on their benefactor.
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Pride goes before a fall, they say, And yet we often find, The folks who throw all pride away Most often fall behind.
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Yeah, the gay pride movement is precious and all, but I think it's about time we asked ourselves what gay people really have to offer to society.
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How was it that he haunted her imagination so persistently? What could it be? Why did she care for what he thought, in spite of all her pride in spite of herself? She believed that she could have borne the sense of Almighty displeasure, because He knew all, and could read her penitence, and hear her cries for help in time to come. But Mr.Thornton-why did she tremble, and hide her face in the pillow? What strong feeling had overtaking her at last?
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I feel that my advances in the business world will shatter a lot of white myths about black athletes-and give some pride and hope to a lot of young blacks.
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I see 'Eligible' as a homage, and I see 'Pride and Prejudice' as a perfect book. You can dispute whether this project is a good idea, but you can't dispute my fondness for the novel.
Curtis Sittenfeld
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Plus-sized women shouldn't think of themselves as a size. They should think of themselves as women with rich goals in life. Size doesn't mean, really, anything. You can carry your size with pride and dress in a way that you like.
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I don't think we have to make a big thing about being gay, except for when we get together for these gay pride events.
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All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!'
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I believe every American willing to work hard should be able to find a job that provides dignity, pride and decent pay that can support a family.
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Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion. I repeat: Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion.
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Men in Rajasthan pride themselves on their moustaches. It is a sign of their masculinity.
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Attacks of divine transports are of pride and I accept the part assigned.
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Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?
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The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.
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If intellectual curiosity, professional pride, and ambition are the dominant incentives to research, then assuredly no one has a fairer chance of gratifying them than a mathematician.
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You can't generalise, of course, but there is a school of American acting where there is a kind of pride in the number of takes you can do.
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The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.
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If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers.
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Wounded vanity knows when it is mortally hurt; and limps off the field, piteous, all disguises thrown away. But pride carries its banner to the last.
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It makes me sad, sad inside, to see a warrior without his pride.
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Wherever there is any element of pride or of conceit, Jesus cannot expound a thing. He will take us through the disappointment of a wounded pride of intellect, through disappointment of heart. He will reveal inordinate affections-thin gs over which we never thought He would have to get us alone.
