Proud Quotes - Page 35

• Masturbation is nothing to be ashamed of. It's nothing to be particularly proud of, either.

  Matt Groening

  Masturbation, Ashamed

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• If you are too busy or too proud to pray with your children, you are too busy and too proud.

  Bill Hybels

  Children, Praying, Busy

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• A man must not only stand for the right principles, but he must also fight for them. Those who fight for principle can be proud of the friends they've gained and the enemies they've earned.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Fighting, Men, Enemy

  Ezra Taft Benson (1974). “God, family, country: our three great loyalties”

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• In order to progress, radio need only go backward, to the time when singing commercials were not allowed on news reports, when there was no middle commercial on a news report, when radio was rather proud, alert and fast.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Order, Singing, Progress

  Edward R. Murrow (1967). “In Search of Light: The Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow, 1938-1961”

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• To maintain the harmony of authority and obedience, to chastise the proud, to protect the weak, to reward the deserving, to banish vice and idleness from his dominions, to secure the traveller and merchant, to restrain the depredations of the soldier, to cherish the labors of the husbandman, to encourage industry and learning, and, by an equal and moderate assessment, to increase the revenue, without increasing the taxes, are indeed the duties of a prince . . .

  Edward Gibbon

  Assessment, Soldier, Rewards

  Edward Gibbon (2016). “THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes): From the Height of the Roman Empire, the Age of Trajan and the Antonines - to the Fall of Byzantium; Including a Review of the Crusades, and the State of Rome during the Middle Ages”, p.3284, e-artnow

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• Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head, but don't be too worried about it. As long as one knows one is proud, one is safe from the worst form of pride.

  C. S. Lewis

  Pride, Long, Temptation

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• I am still very proud of that concert. In America, the (musicians') connection with the conductor is as with management - it becomes political. You cannot conduct properly in this environment. I hate this enemy situation between management and orchestra members.

  Neeme Jarvi

  Hate, America, Political

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• I am glad to be here to create a new history in our industry. I'm very proud of this.

  Hiroyuki Sanada

  Glad, Industry

  Source: collider.com

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• I just hope to work with great people, and do things that are challenging for me and that I can be proud of and not have to hide my face about. Those are my guidelines.

  Andre Holland

  People, Challenges, Faces

  Source: collider.com

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• There are two movies where I keep my clothes on. My parents will be very proud. They're challenging characters, which I'm excited about.

  Juno Temple

  Character, Two, Clothes

  Source: collider.com

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• Here is the thing, you can make a dope movie and it may never see the light of day. I am crazy proud of my first movie.

  Brad Furman

  Crazy, Dope, Light

  Source: collider.com

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• One of the things that I'm so proud of [about] that movie [Brokeback Mountain], was to see, within the past basically 10 years, how much has changed. When the Supreme Court [issued a ruling] just a little while ago, I felt like we had been part, a little part and parcel of that movement.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Past, Years, Brokeback Mountain

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• I don't think I've made a mistake. I think I have behaved in ways that I am proud of; I think I've behaved in ways I'm not.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Mistake, Thinking, Way

  "10 Years After 'Brokeback,' Jake Gyllenhaal Remembers Heath Ledger: "Way Beyond His Years as a Human"". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 25, 2015.

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• It's the interaction between those characters that really makes that movie as special as it is, and I'm proud to say, as you probably know, it was the highest grossing film of 2012, it's the highest grossing film that Walt Disney has ever put out, and it's the third highest grossing film ever, in the world.

  Jeph Loeb

  Character, Special, World

  Source: collider.com

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• But millions at one time, beyond gender or race, had their attention fixed on her, and with that power, she chose to flash the word "feminist" all over our TV screens. If that don't do nothin' but make people Google the word, then that should make every feminist in the world proud.

  Lizzo

  Race, People, Feminist

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm proud of the fact that Downton Abbey was born in a recession, at a time when ITV had dropped a lot of drama programmes. And I know that because I was out of work at the time!

  Rob James-Collier

  Drama, Facts, Born

  "'Downton Abbey's Rob James-Collier On His Tragic Hero Thomas Barrow, Dancing With Dame Maggie Smith And Waiting For The Next Role". Interview with Caroline Frost, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. November 18, 2015.

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• Being proud of something is a very tricky word and I sometimes think it has a bad connotation. I don't feel proud, I feel grateful. I'm lucky.

  David Canary

  Grateful, Thinking, Lucky

  "'All My Children' Actor David Canary Dies". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 25, 2015.

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• It's a joyful, humbling feeling to be in different places around the planet and people have seen shows that I'm proud of being a part of, that do have things to say about the human condition, the planet, and who we are and where we've come from, that will sustain. Those ideas are universal and they work in any language.

  Scott Bakula

  Ideas, People, Feelings

  "Scott Bakula Talks Behind The Candelabra, Working with Steven Soderbergh, Why the Film Landed at HBO, Basmati Blues, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 26, 2013.

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• The Americans made the decision out of principle to buy Russian equipment for us because our pilots and mechanics were trained on Russian aircraft. But, then, as a result of the Ukraine crisis, the US Congress imposed sanctions on Russia and the equipment could no longer be delivered to us. I am proud of our security and defense forces.

  Ashraf Ghani

  Russia, Ukraine, Decision

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Instead of being ashamed of what you've been through, be proud of what you have overcome!

  Phil McGraw

  Overcoming, Ashamed, Be Proud

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• Whatever I've experienced in my life is a part of my story, and I'm proud of that. But it's someone who wakes up early, works all day, believes in charitable work, business-minded, diligent, accountable, problem-solving... I'm so much about school, consistency and tradition.

  Drew Barrymore

  Believe, School, Charitable Work

  "Drew Welcomes Second Daughter" by Lauren Milligan, www.vogue.co.uk. April 23, 2014.

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• A proud person is so busy looking down on others they cannot humble themselves to look up at God.

  LeCrae

  Humble, Looks, Proud Person

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• One of the proudest things I see is, now, 25 years after I graduated, when I go to a Syracuse sporting event, there's a senior or a junior from WAER broadcasting sports just the way we did, and just the way it happened a couple generations before us. That's a great legacy for the university and a great tradition that still continues to this day, and makes those of us who were a small part of it very very proud.

  Mike Tirico

  Senior, Sports, Couple

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• I wouldn't do anything different. Every mistake and every success made me the person I am today. And I am proud of who I am.

  Dawn Marie Psaltis

  Mistake, Who I Am, Different

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• America needs a military where our breast and brightest are proud to serve.

  George W. Bush

  Military, America, Needs

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