![[On George H.W. Bush:] By 1990 I had learned that I had to defer to him in conversation and not to stint the praise. If that was what was necessary to secure Britain's interests and influence, I had no hesitation in eating a little humble pie.](/assets/img/quote-photos/on-george-hw-bush-by-1990-i-had-learned-that-i-had-to-defer-to-him-in-conver.jpg)
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Humble is tied for first place, and I think we played them a pretty quality game. Rachael Scoggin
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He was kind, considerate and a very humble person, but he was a lion in politics.
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humble men fire
They were the triumphant and insolent possessors; they had a hall, and a fire, and food and clothing and money, and so they might preach to hungry men, and the hungry men must be humble and listen. They were trying to save their souls- and who but a fool could fail to see that all that was the matter with their souls was that they had not managed to get a decent existence for their bodies? Upton Sinclair
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Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive Ronald Reagan
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humble people
I'm probably one of the must humble people you'll ever meet. Mike James
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pieces
There are so many pieces to the puzzle, Jimmy Johnson
piece prettiest
I have been toiling and moiling for the prettiest piece of china, my dear. William Wycherley
pieces sure together
He's been able to put this together and make sure the right pieces are in place. And we were pieces of this team. Charlie Batch
pie conversation irrelevant
Conversation was irrelevant. Only pie mattered. Richelle Mead
pieces rhetoric glorious
Roosevelt's declaration that Americans had 'nothing to fear but fear itself' was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just as gloriously wrong. Russell Baker
pieces paper lifetime
I became a millionaire overnight by signing a piece of paper. I made more money in that one second than my entire family did in their lifetime. Troy Polamalu
pieces actors brutal
I do my work as an actor, but another part of my work goes to the piece as a whole. I can be fairly detached looking at my work and be brutal on myself. Richard Gere
pieces lasts hearing
You never know who's going to be in the audience. You never know who is going to be hearing that piece for the first time, and you never know who is going to be hearing that piece for the last time. Robert Shaw
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littles courses
Of course, I didn't kill them. They're just taking a little ... siesta, that's all. Carl Jung
littles way tiny
I'm psychotically involved in every tiny little aspect. That's just the way I've been about everything my whole life. Rob Zombie
littles purpose study
Nothing can be rightly known, if God be not known; nor is any study well managed, nor to any great purpose, if God is not studied. We know little of the creature, till we know it as it stands related to the Creator. Richard Baxter
littles doe draws
A builder is like a little god - somebody who does things, doesnt just draw things. Renzo Piano
littles should duty
it is necessary that we should all have a little of the will to die, because otherwise we would find the performance of our biological duty of death too difficult. Rebecca West
littles consideration rationale
Fear travels fast. Love travels a little more slowly. Rationale takes a little more consideration. Russell Brand
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littles hyperbole i-can
I'm a biographer; I can live with a little hyperbole. Ron Chernow
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I keep my politics a little closer to me than others do. Willie Geist