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Immediately after my Tweet and the froth-flecked reverberations its flight inspired, I felt more than twinges of regret that I had roused the beasts which I have sought for years to placate through the uttering of low amusements: I felt genuine anxiety that their ire was directed at me, a Show-off who depends on goodwill to ensure the making of a living which in this economy is no easy feat.
Steven Weber: Listen to the Mocking Bird Steven Weber 2011
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And although my chosen profession Show-off often puts me in plain view of the public, it does not make me invulnerable to the criticism, both merited and arbitrary, which invariably comes my way.
Steven Weber: Listen to the Mocking Bird Steven Weber 2011
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Immediately after my Tweet and the froth-flecked reverberations its flight inspired, I felt more than twinges of regret that I had roused the beasts which I have sought for years to placate through the uttering of low amusements: I felt genuine anxiety that their ire was directed at me, a Show-off who depends on goodwill to ensure the making of a living which in this economy is no easy feat.
Steven Weber: Listen to the Mocking Bird Steven Weber 2011
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And although my chosen profession Show-off often puts me in plain view of the public, it does not make me invulnerable to the criticism, both merited and arbitrary, which invariably comes my way.
Steven Weber: Listen to the Mocking Bird Steven Weber 2011
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My earliest childhood memories include playing outside with my sisters, my brother, and Show-off Neighbor Boy.
Strawberry fields forever e 2008
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We had a huge fight with Show-off Neighbor Boy when he threatened to chop one of the trees down, saying that it was on his parents' land.
Strawberry fields forever e 2008
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Show-off, Leah thought wryly as she moved to stand at the side railing, ready to help everyone aboard.
Fugitive Bride Lee, Miranda 1998
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: Show-off,: she teased, settling down carefully next to him so that he could curl up beside her, for all the world like a strange sort of gangly foal.
Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990
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: Show-off,: she teased, settling down carefully next to him so that he could curl up beside her, for all the world like a strange sort of gangly foal.
Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990
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On nearly every Front Porch some Girl whose Father was not interested in the First National Bank would peer out through the Morning Glories at the Show-off and then writhe like an Angle-Worm.
Ade's Fables George Ade 1905
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