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• A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable.

  Judith Martin

  Apology, Etiquette, Unfortunate

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• Just get out your magic pencil and erase the cloudy skies, and just draw a picture of me saying, I apologize.

  Bill Anderson

  Art, Media, Sky

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• I have been envious of male characteristics, if not the men themselves. I'm jealous of the ease with which they seem to inhabit their professional pursuits: the lack of apologizing, of bending over backward to make sure the people around them are comfortable with what they're trying to do. The fact that they are so often free of the people-pleasing instincts I have considered to be a curse of my female existence.

  Lena Dunham

  Jealous, Men, People

  Lena Dunham (2014). “Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"”, p.135, Random House

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• Apologizing for our past sins may reveal character and for a time lessen anti-Americanism abroad, but if it is done without acknowledging that the sins of America are the sins of mankind, and that our remedies are so often exceptional, then it only earns transitory applause—and a more lasting contempt that we ourselves do not believe in the values we profess.

  Victor Davis Hanson

  Believe, Character, Past

  Victor Davis Hanson (2010). “The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern”, p.48, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first.

  Griffin Dunne

  New York, Actors, Firsts

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

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• I apologize to the public, whom I promised better.

  Eliot Spitzer

  I Apologize

  "'Straight Arrow' Governor 'Eliot Ness' Spitzer (?-NY)". www.newsbusters.org. March 10, 2008.

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• I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer.

  Griffin Dunne

  Jobs, Able, Producers

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

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• I am at a crossroads; I have always been against armed opposition... I have chosen civil disobedience. But I will apologize to my people if there are funerals coming out of prisons. I will criticize myself and I won't be the mayor of Diyarbakir.

  Osman Baydemir

  People, Funeral, Prison

  "After the Hunger Strike" by Jenna Krajeski, www.newyorker.com. November 27, 2012.

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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 feels humiliating to be in a band where you have to be apologizing for one person all the time.

  Mark Hoppus

  Band, Feels, Persons

  "Blink-182's Hoppus, Barker Blast 'Ungrateful, Disingenuous' Tom DeLonge". Interview with Jason Newman, www.rollingstone.com. January 26, 2015.

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• [Marijuana] doesn't have a high potential for abuse, and there are very legitimate medical applications. In fact, sometimes marijuana is the only thing that works... [I]t is irresponsible not to provide the best care we can as a medical community, care that could involve marijuana. We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that.

  Sanjay Gupta

  Marijuana, Years, Community

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• I apologize to those supporting Wii U about the lack of new titles from Nintendo in January and February but please understand we will have new titles to offer from March onward.

  Satoru Iwata

  Titles, Wii, Nintendo

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• To not apologize for the behavior of the players to another manager is unthinkable. It's a disgrace, but I don't expect Wenger to ever apologize...he's that type of person.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Player, Wenger

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• Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision. While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it's clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused.

  Louis Caldera

  New York, Responsibility, Confusion

  "White House apologizes for low-flying plane" by Mythili Rao, www.cnn.com. April 28, 2009.

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• Pickett excused himself, watchful of Longstreet. Pickett was always saying something to irritate somebody, and he rarely knew why, so his method was simply to apologize in general from time to time and let people know he meant well and then to shove off and hope for the best. He apologized and departed, curls ajiggle.

  Michael Shaara

  War, People, Departed

  Jeff Shaara, Michael Shaara (2012). “The Civil War Trilogy 3-Book Boxset (Gods and Generals, The Killer Angels, and The Last Full Measure)”, p.458, Ballantine Books

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• Freedom can be gained only at the point of an IRA rifle, and I apologize to no one for saying that we support the freedom fighters of the IRA.

  Martin McGuinness

  Support, Rifles, Ira

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• Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southerner apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance.

  Jefferson Davis

  War, Sadness, Defense

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• If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault.

  Erica Jong

  Firsts, Faults, Belief

  Erica Jong (1995). “How to Save Your Own Life”, N A L Trade

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• I will never apologize for the United States of America - I don't care what the facts are. Said after 'Vincennes' shot down an Iranian Airliner.

  George H. W. Bush

  America, United States, Care

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• I don't ever apologize for who I am because then I let someone else decide who I am.

  Kyan Douglas

  Who I Am

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

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• Always remember who you are. Know that you are never required to apologize to anyone for being yourself.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Being Yourself, Remember Who You Are, Knows

  Iyanla Vanzant (1998). “Faith in the Valley: Lessons for Women on the Journey to Peace”, Simon and Schuster

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• I've stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance.

  Robert Plant

  Acceptance, Financial, Periods

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• Before the code, women on screen took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, held down professional positions without apologizing for their self-sufficiency, and in general acted the way many of us think woman acted only after 1969.

  Mick LaSalle

  Cheating, Baby, Husband

  Mick LaSalle (2014). “Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood”, p.1, Macmillan

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• To all my friends, readers, and students: I apologize for not being able to write you directly, however the God and Goddess have given me new challenges to face. Upon hearing of all the support you are giving me, I am unimaginably grateful. I have no doubt that while there will be challenges to come, the God and Goddess will not be bringing me to the Summerland anytime soon. In perfect love and in perfect trust, Donald Michael Kraig

  Donald Michael Kraig

  Grateful, Writing, Support You

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• I know this is going to sound very self-serving, and I apologize for it, but if you can write comedy, you can pretty much write anything, because it's the hardest. It's the most technically demanding, the most precisely evaluated form of writing. People know if it works or not. There's a big button marked 'fail,' and that's when nobody laughs.

  Steven Moffat

  Writing, Self, Laughing

  "The new Doctor Who: Steven Moffat and Matt Smith". Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. April 16, 2010.

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