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• I thought about that the other day after I went to the grocery store and had to sign fifteen autographs before leaving. On one hand, it's just so flattering. On the other hand, sometimes it would be nice to get the bread and leave, you know?

  Clay Aiken

  Nice, Hands, Leaving

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• Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

  Joyce Brothers

  Inspirational, Memorable, Listening To Others

  "Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang (p. 469), 2006.

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• Young children are unlikely to have their self-esteem strengthened from excessive praise or flattery. On the contrary, it may raise some doubts in children; many children can see through flattery and may even dismiss an adult who heaps on praise as a poor source of support-one who is not very believable.

  Lilian Katz

  Education, Children, Self Esteem

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• Men sometimes think they hate flattery, but they hate only the manner of flattering.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hate, Men, Thinking

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• It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Attention, Delicacy

  Jane Austen (2006). “8 Books in 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love an”, p.157, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• In 302, the Roman emperor Diocletian commanded "there should be cheapness," declaring, "Unprincipled greed appears wherever our armies ... march. ... Our law shall fix a measure and a limit to this greed." The predictable result of Diocletian's food price controls were black markets, hunger and food confiscation by his soldiers. Despite the disastrous history of price controls, politicians never manage to resist tampering with prices -- that's not a flattering observation of their learning abilities.

  Walter E. Williams

  Army, Law, Greed

  "Economics for the Citizen (Part 9)". capitalismmagazine.com. January 20, 2005.

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• To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Silence, Poetic, Response

  "Paris From My Window". Book by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, 1944.

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• What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspiration, Men, Thinking

  John Bull's Other Island (1907) act 4

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• I always prefer photographing in available light – or Rembrandt-light I like to call it – so you get the natural modulations of the face. It makes a more alive, real, and flattering portrait.

  Alfred Eisenstaedt

  Photography, Real, Light

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• What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering.

  Katherine Dunn

  Book, Thinking, Directors

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• I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

  David Schwimmer

  Falling In Love, Tv Shows, America

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• Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.

  Colin Firth

  Bridget Jones

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• Almost every Marine I've met says I portray a Marine dead-on, which is really, really flattering.

  Catherine Bell

  Marine, Mets, Marine Life

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.

  Stephen Sondheim

  Thinking, Views, People

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• All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

  Harry S. Truman

  Kissing, Men, People

  Letter to his sister, 14 Nov. 1947, in Off the Record: the Private Papers of Harry S. Truman (1980) p. 119

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• I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.

  Diana Vreeland

  Fashion, Sweaters, Fronts

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• While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.

  Halle Berry

  Beautiful, Actresses

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• Not to sound egomaniac or anything, but just to get under people's skin like that, and for them to believe in you and believe strongly enough to write... it's flattering and it helps you during the day.

  Glenn Quinn

  Believe, Writing, People

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• The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I don't lift a finger to look sexy. Ever.

  Laura Prepon

  Sexy, Believe, Looks

  "TV Q&A: "That '70s Show"'s Laura Prepon". Hollywood.com Interview, www.hollywood.com. February 13, 2007.

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• So, I'm the Eighth Wonder of the World. It's flattering and very, very funny.

  Eva Longoria

  World, Wonder, Wonder Of The World

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• It's flattering if people think I'm attractive. If it helps, great, but it's not going to get in the way of me wanting to win. That's what I'm all about.

  Lorrie Fair

  Winning, Thinking, People

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• Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Mind, Flattery, Gallantry

  "Maxim", 103 in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 276-277), 1922.

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• The fame stuff, the kind words from websites and things, are very flattering and lovely, but I just wanna act.

  Matthew Lewis

  Lovely, Stuff, Kind

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. July 21, 2011.

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• Much did I rage when young, Being by the world oppressed, But now with flattering tongue It speeds the parting guest.

  William Butler Yeats

  World, Guests, Tongue

  William Butler Yeats (2000). “The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats”, p.179, Wordsworth Editions

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