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• You will never see President Bachmann step one toe out of the United States and apologize for this country.

  Michele Bachmann

  Country, President, United States

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• Be honest, Look for areas where you can admit error and say so. Apologize for your mistakes. It will help disarm your opponents and reduce defensiveness.

  Dale Carnegie

  Mistake, Errors, Looks

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.104, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• I was very offended as this damages my reputation as a Muslim and a headscarf-wearer, and my father to whom religion is most important.This I cannot apologize for. I’m sorry but it is unacceptable to watch my mother crying because of this. I think everyone who has a family will understand the pain we are going through now.If you don’t like me, you can just tell me to my face. Don’t come near my parents.

  Shila Amzah

  Mother, Sorry, Pain

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• Never apologize for your success because you worked hard for it.

  Goldie Hawn

  Hard

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• It's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance.

  Grace Hopper

  Business, Done, Approval

  Quoted in Computer world, 10 Sept. 1984.

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• I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.

  Maeve Binchy

  Life Is Too Short, Winning, Thinking

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• It is only fair to state, with regard to modern journalists, that they always apologize to one in private for what they have written against one in public.

  Oscar Wilde

  Fairness, Modern, States

  Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (1999). “The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings”, p.21, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Don't apologize for asking for what you deserve.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Simple, Asking, What You Deserve

  "‘Morning Joe’ Co-Host Mika Brzezinksi’s Favorite Things" by Miller Mobley, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 28, 2013.

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• That's when you know you're a true married couple: when you have to apologize for what you did in her dream.

  Ray Romano

  Funny, Marriage, Dream

  Ray Romano (1999). “Everything and a Kite”, Bantam

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• Never apologize for being nerdy, because un-nerdy people never apologize for being assholes.

  John Barrowman

  People, Geek, Nerdy

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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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• It's easier to apologize afterwards than getting something allowed in the first place.

  Clifford Stoll

  Firsts, Easier

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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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• If you look into the mirror, you see that [every part of you] belongs there and you belong there, as you are.  You begin to realize that you have a perfect right to be in this universe, to be this way, and you see that there is a basic hospitality that this world provides to you.  You have looked and you have seen, and you don't have to apologize for being born on this earth.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Mirrors, Perfect, Looks

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• I try to write for highest common denominator. I don't write for dumb people. I figure if everybody doesn't get it, that's OK. Someone bright enough will get it, and that's who I write for. It's probably not the way to make million-sellers. What can I say? I won't apologize for trying to write for smart people.

  Paul Westerberg

  Smart, Writing, People

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• When I conducted a beer-rating session last year, I wrote that most American beers taste as if they were brewed through a horse. That offended many people in the American beer industry, as well as patriots who thought I was being subversive in praising foreign beers. I have just read a little-known study of American beers. So I must apologize to the horse. At least with a horse, we'd know what we're getting.

  Mike Royko

  Horse, Beer, Years

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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 believe the time we really look big in a child's eyes is when we go to them and apologize for our mistakes and we say, 'I was wrong. Will you forgive me?'

  Kevin Leman

  Children, Mistake, Believe

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• I know I'm probably much too late to try and apologize for my mistakes.

  Bruno Mars

  Mistake, Trying, Too Late

  Song: When I Was Your Man, Album: Unorthodox Jukebox, 2012

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• In America, we celebrate success. We don't apologize for success.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Celebrate, Celebrate Success

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Forgiving, Be Kind, Virtue

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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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• We're not going to apologize for acting like a good football team.

  Joe Flacco

  Football, Team, Acting

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• I don't know how to speak to celebrities. Every time I talk to Alan Menken, I say something stupid and I have to apologize.

  Kara Lindsay

  Stupid, Speak, Know How

  "'Newsies' Cast Talks Broadway and Big Breaks". Interview with Suzy Evans, www.backstage.com. March 14, 2012.

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• I won't apologize for
  who I am

  Selena Gomez

  Who I Am

  Song: I Won't Apologize, Album: Kiss and Tell

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