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Proud To Be Quotes

I am very proud to be a part of the Livestrong Foundation. I am maybe only a member but I give everything I can to be sure that people understand that cancer is a disease for everybody - not only in France, in Europe, in Asia, it is all over the world. We must fight together, we must make something to fight the cancer, we must Livestrong.
- Greg Akcelrod

I'm a daughter from a strong man and beautiful mommy, and I'm so proud to be I am.
- Jodi Picoult

I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.
- Julie Andrews

I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.
- Catherine Ashton

I'm very proud to be British, and my brand is British.
- Victoria Beckham

I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people.
- Bjork

I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.
- Michael Bloomberg

Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."
From "Chicago" by Carl Sandburg
- Carl Sandburg

Pride should be reserved for something you achieve or obtain on your own, not something that happens by accident of birth. Being Irish isn't a skill... it's a fucking genetic accident. You wouldn't say I'm proud to be 5'11; I'm proud to have a pre-disposition for colon cancer.
- George Carlin

If there's a Disney animated feature based in Hawaii, I knew I had to be part of it. I'm very proud to be from Hawaii. There was no question the role was mine.
- Tia Carrere

My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian.
- Jim Carrey

He's just like my father that way-my father just adored my mother and let her do whatever she wanted. John's like that. He's a very rare man, a very good man, and I've had a good life with him. I'm proud to be walking in the wake of Johnny's fame.
- June Carter Cash

I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the face of this earth as long as he has two pieces of bread.
- Bill Cosby

I am proud to be Chinese, and I do not tolerate any traitor.
- Alex Chiu

I've very proud to be mayor of our great city. It's a city with a heart and a soul. Chicago has a unique spirit. Our business community wants to give back.
- Richard M Daley

I am proud to be a Southerner. I think Southern hospitality is very... I don't think it's just a term. I think it really exists. You can come to Savannah, and the people are so sweet and so nice.
- Paula Deen

I have only a bare working knowledge of the human brain but it's enough to make me proud to be an American.
- Don Delillo

If by that you mean that I dislike celebrity magazines, prefer food to anorexia, refuse to watch TV shows about models, and hate the color pink, then yes. I am proud to be not really a girl.
- John Green

I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I would move to New York in a heartbeat.
- Lexa Doig

I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.
- Byron Dorgan

I have lived in Cornwall from the age of 4, so I have always been aware of the artistic heritage that the county has. I feel very proud to be able to connect to this.
- John Dyer

We stand with the people of Taiwan and their democratic ways, and I am proud to be a part of reaffirming the unwavering commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act by the United States Congress.
- Eliot Engel

To create souls in men, to create fine happiness and fine despair she must remain deeply proud - proud to be inviolate, proud also to be melting, to be passionate and possessed.
- F Scott Fitzgerald

In an age of specialization people are proud to be able to do one thing well, but if that is all they know about, they are missing out on much else life has to offer.
- Dennis Flanagan

I'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check their problems at the door, sit down and have a good time.
- Michael J Fox

How fantastic that the American ingenuity of NASA scientists got us to Mars. It makes me proud to be an American. I can't get enough of these images from when the probe touched down. These scientists are American heroes.
- Jennifer M Granholm

I am proud to be a role model for my viewers. I am finding out that helping victims is as or more rewarding the all the awards I wins.
- Mariska Hargitay

I'm proud to be from Philadelphia.
- Sherman Hemsley

I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.
- Anita Hill

We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt.
- Francois Hollande

I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie.
- Allison Janney

I'm proud to be a Mick, even though I'm not Irish My middle name is Mickey, though. Actually, I'm lying.
- Jarod Kintz

I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of.
- Tim Kaine

But people ought to be proud to be Democrats right now. You know, we're a happy warrior party. And this Congress has every reason to be very, very proud of the heavy lifting that they have done.
- Tim Kaine

I am proud to be the president of the state of Israel.
- Moshe Katsav

Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere.
- Jay Kay

I was the Duff. And that was a good thing. Because anyone who didn't feel like the Duff must not have friends. Every girl feels unattractive sometimes. Why had it taken me so long to figure that out? Why had I been stressing over that dumb word for so long when it was so simple? I should be proud to be the Duff. Proud to have great friends who, in their minds, were my Duffs.
- Kody Keplinger

My heritage is English, so I'm proud to be back here.
- Nicholas Lea

It's just like Marissa to jump right in with the heavy artillery, like guilt and extortion.
I'm so proud to be related to the devil's mistress.
- M Leighton

I am proud to be an American, and proud that such beliefs are at the core of our country and its citizens.
- John Linder

Chris Nielsen: Thank you for every kindness. Thank you for our children. For the first time I saw them. Thank you for being someone I was always proud to be with. For your guts, for your sweetness. For how you always looked, for how I always wanted to touch you. God, you were my life. I apologize for everytime I ever failed you. Especially this one..
- Richard Matheson

I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish.
- Ewan Mcgregor

On our way to the cafeteria, he took my hand in his, intertwining our fingers as we walked. He seemed so proud to be holding my hand, announcing to the world that we were finally together.
- Jamie Mcguire

I've been proud to be national champion. I've really enjoyed it. I have very little opportunity to remind people that I'm British and it's a nice way of staying in touch. I'm going to defend it fiercely. I want to keep it.
- David Millar

He did not care about titles and was proud to be a farmer beyond all else.
- Tsuneichi Miyamoto

There are more balls in twenty feet of street here then there are in all of Dublin, and I'm proud to be swaying in the nut sack.
- Karen Marie Moning

I'm proud to be British.
- Roger Moore

When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way.
- Eddie Murray

I'm proud to be here as a man that has played first base more than anybody in the game of baseball.
- Eddie Murray

I had done Shrek as a Canadian and I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I knew I could give more to it.
- Mike Myers

One can't deny what has happened to us in the past. The secret is to enjoy and be proud of the music we've created and the people with whom we have been linked. It's all a long chain of involvement in the world, and we are proud to be yet another link in this chain.
- Graham Nash

We're very proud to be part of the eurozone. But this comes with obligations and it is crucial we show the world we can live up to those obligations.
- Georgios A Papandreou

I'm proud to be on the CBC and to see the management here represents both sides of every story. This is what's unique about the new CBC: you get a Kevin O'Leary on it when five years ago you wouldn't.
- Kevin Oleary

I am proud to be an American Citizen.
- Robert Purvis

Though I am not religious in the least, I am very proud to be Jewish.
- Daniel Radcliffe

You know I want you?"
"Yes." Though it sounded breathless, she was proud to be able to utter even a single word.
"I usually get what I want."
A slight smile tickled at her lips. "Do I have a say in the matter?
- Christy Reece

The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it.
- Norman Rockwell

I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United.
- Cristiano Ronaldo

I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been important to me and I think it's always been special.
- Ryne Sandberg

I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberatorsthey fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?
- Barbra Streisand

Last year, I was proud to be an original co-sponsor of legislation that would increase federal judges' salaries by more than 40 percent. It also built in a cost of living adjustment, so the Judicial Branch would not be dependent on the Legislative Branch for increases each year.
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz

I was proud to be brown in my own way. Well, I was at school; at school I was brown about the funky stuff that came with being vegetarian, like being really arrogant about it, declaring proudly to a room full of beefeaters when Mad Cow disease initially broke that it was 'Vishnu's way of telling y'all to stop eating and start worshipping'.
- Nikesh Shukla

I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.
- Don Shula

I find it impossible to experience either pride or shame over accidents of genetics in which I had no active part. I'm not necessarily proud to be female. I am not even proud to be humanI only love to be so.
- Zadie Smith

I'm proud to be an American. I'm proud to be an African American in America. I've had some interesting experiences: some great, some not so great, but I love it here.
- Wesley Snipes

If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.
- Arlen Specter

I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
- Hailee Steinfeld

I'm proud to be a CHRISTIAN WRITER
- Amanda Stephan

I am proud to be an actor.
- Rod Taylor

I haven't been baptised. My dad's not in the church and is not a religious person. My mum is more spiritual - she does Thai-chi and goes to Stonehenge and things like that. I'm proud to be pagan. Finland is not really a religious country. I'm still looking for my god.
- Ville Valo

I'm very proud to be the first winner of the Indian Grand Prix, but then on the other hand we recently lost two of our mates. I didn't know Dan Wheldon, but he was big in motorsport, and then this year I got to know Marco Simoncelli, so our thoughts are with them at the moment.
- Sebastian Vettel

All in all it was a smooth race, the car was very well balanced. I'm very proud to be the first winner here in India.
- Sebastian Vettel

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.
- Denzel Washington

As for my country, I don't live there, but obviously I'm very proud to be Canadian.
- Mike Weir

I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
- Adam Weishaupt

Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina.
- Raquel Welch

I am very proud to be taking command of a Type 23 frigate, which is an extremely flexible warship, and I'm looking forward to taking HMS Portland on operations with a professional and focused team.
- Sarah West

I haven't seen it this busy since I've been an IndyCar driver. So I think that's a great kind of thing that's happening for the IndyCar Series, in general, right now. But it's an event that I'm very proud to be part of. I love it. I can't wait to come back next year.
- Dan Wheldon

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