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• You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.

  Talib Kweli

  Humble, Squash, Knows

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• To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

  George Santayana

  Blood, History, Delight

  George Santayana, Marianne S. Wokeck, Martin A. Coleman, James Gouinlock (2013). “The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two”, p.51, MIT Press

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• I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying there's nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. There's a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of.

  Hugh Leonard

  People, Idiot, Clear

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• In politics we face the choice between warmongering, nation-state loving, big-business agents on one hand; and risk-blind, top-down, epistemic arrogant big servants of large employers on the other. But we have a choice.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Top Down, Hands, Choices

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.90, Random House

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• The more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.

  Nelson Mandela

  Aggressive

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. April 2001.

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• It seems to me shallow and arrogant for any man in these times to claim he is completely self-made, that he owes all his success to his own unaided efforts. Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.

  Walt Disney

  Success, Heart, Greatness

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• There is no control and perfection is arrogant. Practice messiness, letting go, and doing things badly.

  Sark

  Letting Go, Practice, Perfection

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• The funniest thing happened in one of my first scenes. In the beginning Emma was really arrogant and punk and in every scene she would slam the door when she walked in or out.

  Dannii Minogue

  Funny, Doors, Firsts

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• It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's.

  Aphex Twin

  Sound, Favourite

  Biography/Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.

  Russell Crowe

  Inspirational, Motivational, People

  "At Home With His Range". Interview with Amy Wallace, articles.latimes.com. October 31, 1999.

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• Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

  Jose Mourinho

  Soccer, Football, Thinking

  "They said it: Jose Mourinho". www.fifa.com. May 27, 2016.

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• I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.

  Riccardo Muti

  Shy, Spotlight, Might

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• Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are.

  Andrea Dworkin

  Funny, Stupid, Men

  Andrea Dworkin (2009). “Intercourse”, p.180, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Not trying to be arrogant, but if I walked down the street and a girl saw me, she might take a look back because maybe I'm good-looking, right?

  Justin Bieber

  Girl, Cocky, Trying

  "Justin Bieber on His Musical Inspirations, His Fans, and Trying to Be a Regular Kid". Vanity Fair Magazine Interview, www.vanityfair.com. January 4, 2011.

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• We are on top at the moment, but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work.

  Jose Mourinho

  Soccer, Hard Work, Clubs

  "The Guardian profile: Jose Mourinho" by Mark Honigsbaum, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2005.

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• My history as a manager cannot be compared with Frank Rijkaard's history. He has zero trophies and I have a lot of them.

  Jose Mourinho

  Zero, Trophies, Frank

  "Mourinho backs England's cause" by Jon Brodkin, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2005.

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• When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken.

  David Hume

  Men, Stupidity, Arrogance

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• It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

  Tony Blair

  Government, Priorities, Failing

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• I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership.

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  Trying, Literature, Combat

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• I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant?

  Tina Weymouth

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• I think it's unconscionable for a Senator from Massachusetts to come down here and tell the people of Florida what's right for them. It's arrogant and irresponsible.

  Jeff Miller

  Thinking, Florida, People

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• We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evolution. We are part of evolution. Unfortunately, we believe that we've been created to dominate the planet, to dominate nature. Ain't true.

  Ted Danson

  Believe, Evolution, Forget

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• I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant.

  Tim Cahill

  Teenage, Years, Would Be

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• I did feel Dr. Cox, the character that I was auditioning for, was too similar to the head of the hospital. He was too arrogant and mean. I approached him kind of like I had a miniature Max sitting on my shoulder. I pictured Max saying, "This guy has got to give love every once in a while. He has to!" I knew there had to be tiny little windows of redemption.

  John C. McGinley

  Character, Mean, Giving

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• Pete Rose is the most likable arrogant person I've ever met.

  Mike Schmidt

  Arrogant Person, Rose, Mets

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