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• A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour; but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud, and flatter himself that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also.

  John Locke

  Kings, Men, Names

  John Locke, Francis Bacon (1825). “The Conduct of the Understanding: Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political”, p.135

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• All the bullets and all the bombs that explode all over the world won't leave the impact, when all is said and done, of a dollar bill dropped in the Jimmy Fund pot by a warm heart and a willing hand. You should be proud and happy to know that your contribution will someday help some kid to a better life.

  Ted Williams

  Heart, Kids, Impact

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  You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do it.

  Dean Smith

  Proud, Should, Right Thing

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• AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.

  Ryan White

  Sister, Mom, Sorry

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• If the Founding Fathers and other patriots who fought during the Revolutionary War could see the United States today, I believe they would be proud of the path that the thirteen colonies, now fifty strong states, have taken since then.

  John Linder

  Strong, War, Father

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• I'm trying to learn, as I'm in my 40s, to embrace what I've been able to achieve and be proud of it. And I know there's roles that I will want to play before I die but, you know, I'm still just taking one day at a time.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Play, One Day At A Time, Trying

  "Kristin Chenoweth On God, Comedy And Dolly Parton". Interview with Jacki Lyden, www.npr.org. March 3, 2012.

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• Old Hank would be proud, and Elvis would too, cause we like our country mixed with some big city blues.

  Hank Williams, Jr.

  Country, Cities, Would Be

  Song: We Are Young Country

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• O believer, learn to reject pride, seeing that you have no ground for it. Whatever you are, you have nothing to make you proud. The more you have, the more you are in debt to God; and you should not be proud of that which renders you a debtor.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Pride, Debtors, Proud

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• No matter that I have inhibitions enough to fill all my pockets; I keep trying , hoping that one day I'll write a poem I can be proud to let sit in a museum exhibit as the only proof I existed.

  Sarah

  Writing, Museums, Trying

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• I can be 100 years old but I will always be proud to say I was in Harry Potter.

  Emma Watson

  Years, Potters, Proud

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• I love the medium and I love individual comics, but the business is nothing I would be proud of.

  Daniel Clowes

  Would Be, Proud, Individual

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• This really isn't a game we really should be proud of. This game is liking taking your kids to the zoo. You're supposed to take your kids to the zoo. You're a father. So a team like that, we're supposed to beat them like this.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Zoos, Team

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• Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is wise it is nothing that the river horse does not know, and most of his creations are the result of accident.

  Edward Dahlberg

  Wise, Horse, Writing

  Edward Dahlberg (1972). “The sorrows of Priapus: consisting of The sorrows of Priapus and The carnal myth”, Not Avail

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• People just need to be confident in their own skin and be proud of themselves.

  Bristol Palin

  People, Skins, Needs

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• Saving Italy is an astonishing account of a little known American effort to save Italy’s vast store of priceless monuments and art during World War II. While American warriors were fighting the length of the country, other Americans were courageously working alongside to preserve the irreplaceable best of Italy’s culture. Read it and be proud of those who were on their own front lines of a cruel war.

  Tom Brokaw

  Country, Art, War

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• Happy Monday Fam! Let's make it a positive and productive week! Be proud of the strides you've made and BE EXCITED about what YOU WILL accomplish!

  Tracey Edmonds

  Monday, Proud, Excited

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• Neurotics make poor patriots; if you're ashamed of something as big as yourself, it's hard to be proud of something as small as your country.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Country, Proud, Patriot

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.88, BookBaby

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• Guilty she might be. But what human being was not? There were things in her past she needn't be ashamed of, things to be proud of; she wouldn't surrender so meekly to a condemning judgment.

  John Jakes

  Past, Proud, Might

  John Jakes (2012). “The Furies”, p.584, Open Road Media

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• When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn't set out to build a business empire ... For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that's going to make a real difference to other people's lives.

  Richard Branson

  Real, Differences, Creating

  "Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School". Book by Richard Branson, www.businessinsider.com. 2012.

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• We've got to know our history. We have to be able to bring our children to a place that they can be proud of.

  Marla Gibbs

  Children, Proud, Able

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• Everyone should be proud of who they are and where they come from because America is a big melting pot of diverse ethnicities. It's great to be part of this wonderful country.

  Rima Fakih

  Country, Ethnicity, America

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• The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being crushed.

  Timothy Keller

  Challenges, Proud, Accepting

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• I don’t want to accidentally end up looking back on my life to find that I’m ashamed of myself, I want to live a life I can be proud of.

  Alice Bag

  Want, Proud, Ends

  "The Rumpus Interview With Alice Bag" by Niina Pollari, therumpus.net. May 25, 2012.

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• So, if you don’t fit in, if you feel at odds with the world, if your identity is troubled and frayed, if you feel lost and ashamed - it could be because you have retained the human values you were supposed to have discarded. You are a deviant. Be proud.

  George Monbiot

  Odds, Identity, World

  "Sick of this market-driven world? You should be" by George Monbiot, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2014.

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• Pride is generally censured and decried, but mainly by those who have nothing to be proud of.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Pride, Proud

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