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• I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora.

  George Papandreou

  Greek, Diaspora

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• I feel good about the work I do on Survivor and am proud of my contribution.

  Jeff Probst

  Feel Good, Survivor, Feels

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• I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I was able to propose a balanced budget, not over ten years, but over five years. I'm proud of that record.

  Rob Portman

  Strong, Years, Records

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• I know my parents are really proud of me, and they think I've become successful, so that's nice, but there's still so much I want to achieve in my life.

  Teresa Palmer

  Nice, Successful, Thinking

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• The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.

  Wendell Pierce

  Thinking, Wire, Classic

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• 'The Social Network' was probably one of the two or three things I've done in my life that I'm most proud of. I'm not going to engage in what about it was disappointing. There's nothing about it I was disappointed in.

  Scott Rudin

  Two, Three Things, Done

  "OSCARS: Producer Scott Rudin Talks Critics Awards, Salander, His 'Jeopardy' Discovery And Why A Non-Baseball Fan Relates To 'Moneyball'". Interview with Mike Fleming Jr, deadline.com. January 12, 2012.

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• I have a record that I'm so very, very proud of, and no campaign is going to take that away.

  Charles Rangel

  Campaigns, Records

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• I try to be kind to people, to treat them with respect. And I'm proud of that.

  Lee Ryan

  People, Trying, Be Kind

  "CBB Lee Ryan: 'I went on three-day booze binge and ended up crying on a stranger's shoulder'" by Clemmie Moodie, www.mirror.co.uk. January 3, 2014.

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• I'm very proud of my well-earned wrinkles, so show 'em.

  Rod Stewart

  Wrinkles, Ems, Shows

  "Rod Stewart: 'I've been one lucky guy'". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. October 26, 2009.

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• Had (I) been a member of a more popular race, I should have been inclined to yield to the temptation of depending upon my ancestry and my colour to do that for me which I should do for myself. Years ago I resolved that because I had no ancestry myself I would leave a record of which my children would be proud, and which might encourage them to still higher effort

  Booker T. Washington

  Children, Yield, Race

  Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Willie Lynch, Nat Turner, Sojourner Truth (2017). “100$ REWARD ON MY HEAD – Powerful & Unflinching Memoirs Of Former Slaves: 28 Narratives in One Volume: With Hundreds of Documented Testimonies & True Life Stories: Memoirs of Frederick Douglass, Underground Railroad, 12 Years a Slave, Incidents in Life of a Slave Girl, Narrative of Sojourner Truth...”, p.986, e-artnow

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• As proud as I am of Doo-Wops I feel like, 'Oh, man. People haven't seen nothing. They don't even know what I'm about to do,' and that's what I can't wait to show the world.

  Bruno Mars

  Men, People, Waiting

  FaceBook post by Bruno Mars from Dec 16, 2011

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• I love Prada. Not so much the clothes, which are for malnourished thirteen-year-olds, but I covet, with covety covetousness, the shoes and handbags. Like, I LOVE them. If I was given a choice between world peace and a Prada handbag, I'd dither. (I'm not proud of this, I'm only saying.)

  Marian Keyes

  Years, Shoes, Clothes

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• I am very proud to be an American. This country has so much potential, I'd just like to see things better, or whatever, and I think it will be.

  Hank Aaron

  Country, Thinking, Proud To Be An American

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• I'm a very spiritual person and proud of my Mormon roots.

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.

  Spiritual, Roots, Persons

  "Mainstream Media Declare Huntsman the GOP's Obama (Too Bad They Prefer the Real Thing)" By Dan Gainor, www.foxnews.com. June 24, 2011.

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• Lots of people come up to me and call me Sir Bruce now. Interviewers call me Sir with every question, but I never make a point of making people call me Sir. It doesn't matter to me, though; it was a great honour to be knighted. I'm very proud of it.

  Bruce Forsyth

  People, Matter, Come Up

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• I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey...

  Kendrick Lamar

  Want, Monkeys, I Want You

  "The Blacker The Berry". Song by Kendrick Lamar, Jefferey Campbell, Zale Epstein, Alexander Izquierdo, Brent Kolatalo, Stephen Kozmeniuk, Ken Lewis and Matthew Samuels, February 9, 2015.

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• There are five kids in my family and I'm the only one who didn't get a diploma. All the kids got their diplomas hanging in my father's room and I got my gold records. I'd say he was more proud of the diplomas.

  Ronnie Van Zant

  Father, Kids, Gold

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• Every abstract picture of the world is as impossible as a blueprint of a storm. Don't be ashamed because you're human: be proud! Inside you, vaults behind vaults open endlessly. You will never be finished, and that's as it should be.

  Tomas Transtromer

  Storm, World, Vaults

  "Swedish Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer dies aged 83" by Andrew Brown, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2015.

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• Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding that of any other nation of the earth. In it the world has found a solution of the long mooted problem, as to the capability of man to govern himself. In it was the germ which has vegetated, and still is to grow and expand into the universal liberty of mankind.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Political Revolution, Long

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “Lincoln Speeches”, p.52, Penguin

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• I'm never proud of my old work. I always feel as though my skills have since improved.

  Criss Jami

  Skills, Feels

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.32, Criss Jami

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• Make your life a story worth telling. You only get one shot at this existence, and one day when you’re gone the most important thing you’ll leave behind is the legacy of the life you lived. Make sure you make it a story you’re proud to have others tell.

  Adam Braun

  Important, One Day, Legacy

  "Adam Braun: How He Started Pencils of Promise". Interview with Dan Schawbel, www.forbes.com. March 18, 2014.

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• After the fall of the Soviet Union, if you start the clock, then 47 journalists, reporters, cameramen, photographers have been killed in Russia since the fall of communism. That makes it the third most deadly country on Earth to practice journalism. That's not a record to be proud of.

  Daniel Silva

  Country, Fall, Practice

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• For quite a while I called myself a workaholic. I was proud of that label. Then one day it hit me; a workaholic is a label for an unproductive person.

  Mike Michalowicz

  One Day, Labels, Workaholic

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• You have this one life. How do you wanna spend it? Apologizing? Regretting? Questioning? Hating yourself? Dieting? Running after people who don't see you? Be brave. Believe in yourself. Do what feels good. Take risks. You have this one life. Make yourself proud.

  Cara Delevingne

  Running, Regret, Hate

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• It was always a wish for me to work in the Premier League. To work as a manager for Manchester United, the biggest club in the world, makes me very proud. I have managed in games at Old Trafford before and know what an incredible arena Old Trafford is and how passionate and knowledgeable the fans are. This club has big ambitions; I too have big ambitions. Together I'm sure we will make history.

  Louis van Gaal

  Ambition, Games, League

  "Spain, Netherlands will meet again in World Cup". Interview with Kevin Baxter, www.latimes.com. June 03, 2014.

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