| "Just doing my best" |
New York Times |
02 Sep 2025 |
| "Just doing my best" |
Universal |
30 Aug 2025 |
| "___ to do my best, but it's never enough!": 2 wds. |
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| "It's nothing, really" |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Jul 2025 |
| Words that might be spoken with a shrug |
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| Response similar to "You're too kind" |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Humble response to a compliment |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Coy response to a compliment (2 wds.) |
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| "Just doing my best" |
Premier Sunday |
01 Jun 2025 |
| "Glad my efforts are being appreciated" |
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| "Glad my effort isn't going unnoticed" |
|
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| "It's my job" |
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| Macy Gray hit: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Humble response to "Great job!" |
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| "___ very hard to do my best!": 2 wds. |
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| Coy response to "You're awesome!" |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2025 |
| "Shall ___ again tomorrow?": 2 wds. |
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| Response to praise, perhaps |
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| Modest response to a compliment: 2 wds. |
|
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| Modest response to praise (2 wds.) |
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| "All in a day's work" |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Humble response to "Nice job!" |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Oct 2024 |
| Humble compliment response |
TV |
13 Oct 2024 |
| "Just being helpful" |
Universal |
24 Sep 2024 |
| "Lord knows __!" (2 wds.) |
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| "Glad my effort was good enough" |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2024 |
| Self-effacing claim |
Universal |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Humble reply to a compliment |
New York Times |
21 Jul 2024 |
| "Just doin' my best out here" |
USA Today |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Modest reply to praise |
|
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| Humble response to "Good job!" |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Humble reply to a compliment (2 wds.) |
|
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| Humble response to praise |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Jun 2024 |
| "Glad my efforts weren't for nothing!" |
|
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| "__ to Behave Myself" (Peg Bracken, 2 wds.) |
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| "Just doing my best" |
Universal |
26 May 2024 |
| Humble response: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
08 May 2024 |
| Humble reply to "Great work!" |
Universal |
06 May 2024 |
| "Good job!" reply |
|
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| Modest reaction to a compliment (2 wds.) |
|
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| "Just doing my best" |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2024 |
| Coy response to a compliment |
LA Times Daily |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Macy Gray hit of 1999 |
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| "Doing my best" |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Mar 2024 |
| "Eh, it was nothing" |
|
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| "___ very hard to do my best!": 2 wds. |
|
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| "Just doin' my best" |
USA Today |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Humble response |
Commuter |
31 Jan 2024 |
| "Just doing my best" |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jan 2024 |
| Modest (or faux-modest) reply to a compliment |
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| Modest reply to "You're the best!" |
|
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| "Nice job!" reply |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2023 |
| Modest response to a compliment: 2 wds. |
|
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| "Doing my best!" |
USA Today |
19 Nov 2023 |
| "Doing my best" |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Jul 2023 |
| Humble self-appraisal |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2023 |
| "Doing my best" |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jul 2023 |
| 'Just doing my job' |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2023 |
| Humble reply to a compliment |
USA Today |
01 Jun 2023 |
| 'Just doing my best' |
USA Today |
12 May 2023 |
| "Just being helpful" |
Universal |
14 Apr 2023 |
| Humble response to kudos |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Mar 2023 |
| Modest response to praise |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2023 |
| 'Just doing my job' |
New York Times |
27 Jan 2023 |
| Humble response to praise |
Newsday |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Humblebrag, of a sort |
New York Times |
05 Nov 2022 |
| 'Just doing my thing' |
USA Today |
23 Oct 2022 |
| Faux-humble response to a compliment |
New York Times |
12 Sep 2022 |
| "That's my goal" |
Premier Sunday |
14 Aug 2022 |
| "It was nothing" |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jul 2022 |
| Humble reply to a compliment |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2022 |
| 1999 Macy Gray hit |
USA Today |
18 Jun 2022 |
| Modest acknowledgment |
The Washington Post |
05 Jun 2022 |
| Modest acknowledgment |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jun 2022 |
| Humble reply to a compliment |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2022 |
| 'Just doing my best' |
USA Today |
11 Apr 2022 |
| Modest reply to a compliment |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2022 |
| Humble acknowledgment |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2022 |
| Modest response to praise |
Universal |
08 Dec 2021 |
| Humble response to praise |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2021 |
| "Thanks, it's intentional" |
Universal |
19 Nov 2021 |
| 'Just doing my best' |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2021 |
| ''Aw shucks, it was nothing'' |
Newsday |
03 Sep 2021 |
| Possible response to "Good job!" |
Premier Sunday |
08 Aug 2021 |
| Humble response to a compliment: 2 wds. |
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| Modest reply to a compliment |
New York Times |
28 Jul 2021 |
| Humble response |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2021 |
| Modest reply to ''Good work'' |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2021 |
| Humblebragging reply |
Wall Street Journal |
15 May 2021 |
| Response of modesty |
New York Times |
30 Apr 2021 |
| Humblebragger's words |
New York Times |
18 Feb 2021 |
| 'Just giving it my best' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Jan 2021 |
| "Doing my best" |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Modest response to a compliment |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Modest reply to a compliment |
Newsday |
11 Oct 2020 |
| Macy Gray hit, or a modest reply |
Universal |
21 Sep 2020 |
| Humble response |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2020 |
| Modest response to praise |
LA Times Daily |
04 Sep 2020 |
| Modest response to praise |
The Washington Post |
04 Sep 2020 |
| 'It was nothing' |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2020 |
| Humble reply to praise |
Universal |
15 Jun 2020 |
| 'It's nothing, really' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Apr 2020 |
| Humble acknowledgment of praise |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Mar 2020 |
| Humble response to a compliment |
New York Times |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Humble response to a compliment |
|
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| Compliment response |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2019 |
| Humble response to a compliment: 2 wds. |
|
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| Humble reply to 'Nice work!' |
USA Today |
18 Sep 2019 |
| "Just doing my best" |
Universal |
22 Aug 2019 |
| 'Doing my best' |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jun 2019 |
| Macy Gray hit song: 2 wds. |
|
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| Humble reply to a compliment |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Apr 2019 |
| Modest reply to ''Good work!'' |
Newsday |
13 Mar 2019 |
| Modest admission |
The Washington Post |
17 Feb 2019 |
| Modest admission |
LA Times Daily |
17 Feb 2019 |
| Self-effacing appraisal |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2019 |
| Modest reply to kudos |
Premier Sunday |
10 Feb 2019 |
| "Just doing my best" |
|
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| Modest admission |
|
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| Humble reply to a compliment |
|
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| "Nicely done!" response |
|
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| Humble reply to "Nice work!" |
|
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| Humble response to 'Nice job!' |
USA Today |
16 Dec 2018 |
| Modest acknowledgment |
The Washington Post |
14 Dec 2018 |
| Modest acknowledgment |
LA Times Daily |
14 Dec 2018 |
| Modest reply to ''Nice job!'' |
Newsday |
19 Nov 2018 |
| ''Just doing my job'' |
Newsday |
06 Nov 2018 |
| Modest reply to 'Nice work!' |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2018 |
| Humble reply to praise: 2 wds. |
|
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| Humble response to a compliment: 2 wds. |
|
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| Modest response to a compliment: 2 wds. |
|
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| 'Just doin' my job' |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2018 |
| Modest acknowledgment |
|
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| "Just doin' my job" |
|
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| Modest reply to "Nice work!" |
|
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| Humble response to "Nice job!" |
|
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| "___ to do my best, but it's never enough!": 2 wds. |
|
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| Modest reply to "Well done!": 2 wds. |
|
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| Modest acknowledgment |
Newsday |
27 Oct 2017 |
| 'Just doing my job' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
22 Oct 2017 |
| ''It was nothing'' |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2017 |
| Voicing of post-heroic humility |
Newsday |
01 Jul 2017 |
| Humble response to kudos |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2017 |
| Modest response to a compliment |
New York Times |
22 Mar 2017 |
| Humble reply to a compliment |
USA Today |
07 Feb 2017 |
| 'Just doing my best' |
Premier Sunday |
29 Jan 2017 |
| Modest response to a compliment |
|
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| "Nice job!" reply |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jan 2017 |
| "Nice job!" reply |
|
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| Response to ''Good job!'' |
Newsday |
16 Dec 2016 |
| Modest reply to a compliment |
New York Times |
15 Nov 2016 |
| Reply that's a bit of a humblebrag |
New York Times |
30 Sep 2016 |
| Modest response to a compliment |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Sep 2016 |
| Humble response to a compliment |
The Washington Post |
22 Apr 2016 |
| Modest comment |
Newsday |
27 Mar 2016 |
| "Just doing my job" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Mar 2016 |
| Grammy-nominated Macy Gray song of 2000 |
Jonesin |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Reply that's a bit of a humblebrag |
|
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| Modest reply to a compliment |
|
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| Modest reply to a compliment |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Dec 2015 |
| Macy Gray hit from the album 'On How Life Is' |
Jonesin |
08 Dec 2015 |
| Humble comeback to a compliment |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
04 Dec 2015 |
| Modest sentence |
LA Times Daily |
23 Oct 2015 |
| 'Just doin' my job ...' |
Jonesin |
02 Jun 2015 |
| ''Just doing my best'' |
Newsday |
18 May 2015 |
| Modest response to praise |
Premier Sunday |
26 Apr 2015 |
| "Just doing my best" |
|
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| Modest reply to a compliment |
|
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| Humble comeback to a compliment |
|
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| Modest response to praise |
|
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| Modest response to praise |
|
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| Modest reply to a compliment |
|
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| Modest sentence |
|
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| "Lord knows __!" |
|
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| "Just doing my best" |
|
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| Response to 'Nice job!' |
|
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| Response to "Nice job!" |
|
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| Response to "Good work!" |
|
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| Words after "Lord knows" |
|
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| Humble response |
|
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| "Just doing my best" |
|
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| Response to a compliment |
|
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| Humble reply to a compliment |
|
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| Modest acknowledgment of praise |
|
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| "It was nothing" |
|
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| Humble response to praise |
|
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| Macy Gray hit |
|
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| "It was nothing" |
|
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| 2000 Macy Gray hit |
|
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| Modest profession |
|
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| Humble reply to praise |
|
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| Humble reply to a compliment |
|
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| "Just doing my job" |
|
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| Modest reply to a compliment |
|
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| Words spoken with a shrug |
|
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| Humble response to "Nice job" |
|
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| Humble response to praise |
|
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| Modest response to praise |
|
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| "Just doing my job" |
|
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| Humble reply to a compliment |
|
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| Humble reply to praise |
|
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| Modest profession |
|
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| Modest reply to a compliment |
|
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| Self-effacing reply to praise |
|
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| "Just doing my best" |
|
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| "Lord knows __!" |
|
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| Modest response to kudos |
|
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| "Just doing my best" |
|
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| Modest response to a compliment |
|
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| Exerter's words |
|
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| Macy Gray's 2001 Grammy winner |
|
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| Macy Gray hit |
|
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| Self-effacing response to a compliment |
|
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| Modest reaction to praise |
|
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| Humble response to praise |
|
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| Coy reply to "Nice job!" |
|
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| Modest comment |
|
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| "This is my best effort" |
|
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| "This is my best effort" |
|
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| 'That's my aim' |
|
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| Response to a compliment |
|
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| Macy Gray's first top ten single |
|
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| Macy Gray hit |
|
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| Humble reply to praise |
|
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| Modest response to a compliment |
|
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| "It's my best effort" |
|
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| Words said with a resigned sigh |
|
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| "It's my best effort" |
|
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| Humble reply to praise |
|
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| Words said with a resigned sigh |
|
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| Response to "nice job" |
|
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| Y2K Macy Gray hit |
|
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| Macy Gray's first Top 10 tune |
|
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| Modest reply to a compliment |
|
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| Possible response to "Nice job" |
|
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| Humble person's response to praise |
|
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| Macy Gray hit from the album "On How Life Is" |
|
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| Response to a compliment, perhaps |
|
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| Humble reply |
|
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| Response to praise |
|
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| Modest response to a compliment |
|
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| Modest response to a compliment |
|
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| Macy Gray Grammy winner, 2001 |
|
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| Response to a compliment |
|
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| Response to a compliment |
|
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| Start of Elmore Leonard quote |
|
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| Beginning of a quip on writing |
|
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| "You can count on me" |
|
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| Humble response to "You're the man" |
|
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| Faux humble response to a compliment |
|
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| "Just doing my job" |
|
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| Mock-humble response to 27-Down |
|
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