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  • Every piece bears his unhumble Latin motto, Invenit et Fecit: I invented it and I made it.

    The Journe Identity Joshua Levine 2010

  • The man set out probably to kill if necessary in the pursuit of his criminality and in my unhumble opinion deserved anything that happened to him and this opinion has been heartily franked in Rod Liddles column, where I sent a copy of an article in the MAIL which is well worth reading

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • One of the keys to being well liked in Washington is to appear humble, which is why Washington is so full of people who are so unhumble when it comes to touting how humble they are.

    Jesus Christ, Superstar 2008

  • Today I cleaned out my light-rotation closet, and came across some very unhumble ditties, such as my black boa.

    Mentally Constipated Jay 2007

  • Today I cleaned out my light-rotation closet, and came across some very unhumble ditties, such as my black boa.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Jay 2007

  • I remain, as always, your unhumble servant, as long as you are in power, or until you start consuming the cheap stuff.

    Hey!, Bubba, Uncle Donnie.......... 2004

  • Not to sound unhumble or anything but that's a question that's a lot tougher to tap dance around.

    How (not) to ask questions at a White House press gaggle. CC 2005

  • EDSALL: I don't want to sound unhumble, but my wife and I got very, very positive reviews on the front page of both the New York Times and the Washington Post simultaneously on one Sunday, and it was hard to replicate, after having put in a lot of work on a book, to get that kind of response.

    Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics 1991

  • EDSALL: So far the one significantly hostile treatment of it -- again, not to be unhumble, but it's had generally very favorable reaction; not just in reviews but also people asking me to speak and talk to groups and various things -- the one had been in the Nation magazine.

    Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics 1991

  • Pope's old method of remaining as a prisoner in the Vatican was a foolish and unhumble pose.

    Dawn of All Robert Hugh Benson 1892

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