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  • That deceptively simple and seemingly unegotistical tack is finally bringing the professorial Venturi some significant rewards.

    The Thinking Man Of Design 2008

  • He has a terrific reputation in the film community and internationally for being under-budget, on-time, for not wasting any energy or any time, for having a good, clear vision, for being well-prepared, for being unegotistical, and for having fun.

    CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Karenna Gore Schiff Discusses Her Father's Campaign - August 17, 2000 2000

  • It was an excellent example of how an unegotistical, comfortable, outgoing person is successful in personal relationships.

    The Power of Positive Thinking Norman Vincent Peale 1980

  • Twenty-five minutes; and Gascoigne, in an agony of indecision — a state of mind to which, with his supreme, unegotistical self-confidence, he was entirely unaccustomed — began to walk through the woods to find out whether, by any possible chance, the others had arrived without his knowledge and were in another part of the wood.

    The Dancing Druids Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1948

  • Twenty-five minutes; and Gascoigne, in an agony of indecision — a state of mind to which, with his supreme, unegotistical self-confidence, he was entirely unaccustomed — began to walk through the woods to find out whether, by any possible chance, the others had arrived without his knowledge and were in another part of the wood.

    The Dancing Druids Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1948

  • Commonly they want not so much arguments, however unegotistical and dispassionate, as a narrative.

    Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography 1879

  • It was wholly contrary to his unegotistical nature to make the great public the confidant of his domestic affairs or of his inner feelings, and he was deeply sensible of the injustice which is so often done by biographers in printing unguarded, unqualified opinions and judgments, expressed in the freedom of private correspondence.

    Historical and Political Essays William Edward Hartpole Lecky 1870

  • Rare among Hollywood actors, Forsythe, who also provided the voice of the unseen Charlie in the TV series Charlie's Angels, was famously self-effacing and unegotistical.

    Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2010

  • Rare among Hollywood actors, Forsythe, who also provided the voice of the unseen Charlie in the TV series Charlie's Angels, was famously self-effacing and unegotistical.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Rare among Hollywood actors, Forsythe, who also provided the voice of the unseen Charlie in the TV series Charlie's Angels, was famously self-effacing and unegotistical.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

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