Boast Quotes
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We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, are oftenest simply such beliefs as we have never heard questioned
Thomas Carlyle
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I pitied him in his blindness But can I boast, "I see?" Perhaps there walks a spirit Close by, who pities me
Harry Kemp
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Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope
Bernard Berenson
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
W. Edwards Deming
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I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
Don Marquis
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I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
Don Marquis
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I`m not the sort of woman men boast of having slept with.
Miriam Margolyes
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Al Jolson was my first husband. He always used to boast that he was spoiling me for any man who might come after him. I think Al sensed that it wasn`t easy for me being married to an American institution....Was he right about spoiling me? I`m sorry. I cou...
Ruby Keeler
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Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was `Civis Romanus sum`. Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is `Ich bin ein Berliner.` All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in t...
John Kennedy
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Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was `Civis Romanus sum`. Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is `Ich bin ein Berliner.` All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in t...
John Kennedy
Keywords: ago :: all :: and :: are :: as :: berlin :: berliner :: bin :: boast :: citizens :: civis :: ein :: free :: freedom :: ich :: in :: is :: live :: man :: may :: men :: of :: pride :: proudest :: romanus :: sum :: take :: the :: therefore :: they :: thousand :: today :: two :: was :: wherever :: words :: world :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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When his name is added to those of Pleyel and Kozeluch, Scottish melodies can boast of being harmonized by the greatest luminaries of modern music,
George Thompson
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We`re also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That`s something to boast about, isn`t it?
Tony Randall
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Those who boast of their decent, brag on what they owe to others.
Alton Greene
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The other day 16 of us went round to John`s house to play a tournament on the PlayStation. We had loads of TVs set up and games going on at once. I don`t mean to boast, but I won!
Aquilino Pimentel
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It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.
Amanda Kobes
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It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them.
Andrew Bozoian
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Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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But what has America to boast? What are the graces or the virtues which distinguish its inhabitants? What are their triumphs in war, or their inventions in peace?
Andrew Brust
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The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
Adrienne Gusoff
