She was constantly tuning her guitar between songs, smiling nervously as she filled the time with self-deprecating jokes. |
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In person he is down-to-earth, funny and modest with a self-deprecating charm. |
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It's self-deprecating and he laughs about it, but I think there are two things I'd say. |
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Ferrell, however, doesn't get nearly enough screen time to show off his self-deprecating sketch comedy style. |
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He is unfailingly friendly, diffident and self-deprecating with an old-fashioned sense of fair play. |
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Young women often make the mistake of beginning their talks with an apology or self-deprecating comment of some sort. |
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His self-deprecating, nice-guy demeanour is comforting, but he's rarely funnier than your funniest friend on an off night. |
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He gradually learned to give expression to his natural charm and courtesy and he increasingly deployed his self-deprecating humour. |
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As always, his sermon begins slowly, with self-deprecating jokes and gentle admonitions. |
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He is self-deprecating and self-effacing and has used humor to deflect criticism about his inadequacy and deficiency. |
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A further example is that, when an attempt to be self-deprecating is provided, it will be met with disagreement rather than agreement. |
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He was funny, self-deprecating, human and, when it mattered, sincere and passionate. |
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She's very self-deprecating about her success, very unpretentious, and not a little sceptical about the publishing world. |
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It is written very much in the author's voice, that genial, somewhat bumbling, self-deprecating character we all think we know. |
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In his more recent roles, though, the self-deprecating oafishness of his previous roles has been replaced by an impatient humourlessness. |
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Plus, all of the self-deprecating, angst-riddled lines that Allen writes for himself have gotten a little old over the years. |
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Their self-deprecating wit, aw-shucks harmonies, and obsession with intoxicating spirits bring to mind Texas roots rockers the Gourds. |
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A lot of self-deprecating to get into the core of the character, he is a fascinating, grand, over the top character in life and on-screen. |
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I like the fact that she's never falsely modest, just self-deprecating. |
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He himself seems to feel he has to make manful, self-deprecating jokes about having his election stolen. |
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It could easily have degenerated into dreadful mawkishness but self-deprecating humour helped save the day. |
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Grantham, always publicly self-deprecating, ratchets up flippancy to reckless levels when commenting on his youngest son. |
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The self-analysis is withering at times and self-deprecating. |
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There was, in the Panel's view, a kind of self-deprecating, spoofing nature to the flushing actions in the two episodes. |
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From these and Harms's other works, there emanates a feeling of exuberance, self-deprecating humor and cheerful absurdity. |
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The self-deprecating menu says it wants to be a chic bistro, but it has the feel of a smart cafe. |
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His infusion of self-deprecating humor is what saved the movie from trying to take itself too seriously. |
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They're the most chain-smoking, self-deprecating bunch of scowling gits you could imagine. |
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However, he rapidly descended into delightfully funny self-deprecating rants, characterised by frequent bouts of moral depravity. |
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Both stories are agreeably self-deprecating and rimed with snark. |
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Look, Palin fans already love her, and self-deprecating humor makes you appear secure. |
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But Slutever, with its rawness, honesty, and self-deprecating humor, was something different. |
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His skill during 2000 was to make self-deprecating zingers, joke around with reporters, and in general seem like this affable frat boy. |
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I remember my predecessor telling a wonderfully self-deprecating anecdote of his initial activities as a theatrical angel. |
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Between songs you get Chris talking straight to the camera, making goofy self-deprecating jokes in his aw-shucks kind of way. |
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Kenny endures disrespect with unshakeable good grace, a self-deprecating sense of humour, and an ockerism for every occasion. |
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She lacks her gift for self-deprecating comedy and she needs to loosen up on screen but she has an engaging manner. |
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He is a small, intense individual with an attractive, self-deprecating sense of humour. |
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Larranaga was typically revealing and self-deprecating. |
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Though his performance went off without a hitch, Rogan was characteristically self-deprecating about it beforehand. |
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By turns bossy, blustery, and self-deprecating, Frida insinuates herself into every aspect of the place. |
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As Canadians, we have a tendency to be self-deprecating, sometimes to a fault. |
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I tend to hold personal, self-deprecating grudges for a bit. |
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Her self-deprecating tale of the time Tony Curtis fixed her up on a disastrous blind date with Frank Sinatra is one for the books. |
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He frequently cracks self-deprecating jokes about his past as a hostage taker. |
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Not unsuitably, there was a tone of gentle, self-deprecating irony about much of the proceedings. |
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A Mandarin-speaking former diplomat, in public he is an appealing character: erudite, eloquent, witty and even, on occasion, self-deprecating. |
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A little self-deprecating humour goes a long way to levelling the seniority imbalance. |
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In our typically unsensational, self-deprecating way, this is what we're doing. |
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Her self-deprecating humour, interpersonal skills and gentle feminism made her a favourite with commmunity organizations. |
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He is a self-deprecating story narrator full of wit and charm who repeatedly feels out the boundary between life and death. |
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She has blossomed into a graceful muse whose charm, self-deprecating wit and stunning voice wins every time, and those powerful vocals far exceed her 21 years and tiny 5' frame. |
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Highly entertaining, self-deprecating, and entirely Canadian, Gunless tells the story of Barclay's Bush, and all 17 residents, when man-on-the-run The Montana Kid comes to town. |
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In numerous public and private conversations, I was privileged to have with her over thirty-five years, she was perceptive, incisive, amusing and self-deprecating. |
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Even if they come from Scandinavia, which will be pointed out by Daniel in a self-deprecating way, the band is a state in itself that develops its own concepts and ideas. |
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Levitt is clearly a whizz with numbers, great long strings of them, as he demonstrates during the book following this slightly jarring, self-deprecating introduction. |
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She stars as herself and delivers strings of self-deprecating wisecracks. |
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She ran the gamut with physical humor and dished out droll, self-deprecating one-liners. |
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Throughout it all, Hilty remained relatively good-natured with the press, a proper balance of self-aware and self-deprecating. |
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He is self-aware enough to make them comfortable with his self-deprecating humor and unaccented English. |
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Her Good Morning America mea culpa was a brilliant cocktail of self-deprecating, earnestly apologetic, and charming. |
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As is the fey way, her opening monologue included some stellar self-deprecating jokes. |
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Dan Bailey is the essence of community building, with self-deprecating humor and boundless integrity. |
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Dear Editor, I'm afraid my self-deprecating irony was lost on your correspondent at Advantage West Midlands' conference last week. |
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The Unity Theatre was packed to see Sue Perkins, the queen of self-deprecating humour's return to Liverpool. |
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Celebrate our Australianness by showing our usual mistrustful, self-deprecating, egalitarian, good-natured detestation of all such symbols of overt self-glorification. |
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The novel is peppered with knowing humour, which for the most part stems from Alix's wry observations and self-deprecating take on her manless state. |
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It was sweet and funny and self-deprecating, nothing like the infantile behavior she had just displayed. |
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He replaces Moore's smugness with a self-deprecating approach. |
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The O contained a whimsical smiley face, a wry, self-deprecating wink at the pretensions of power. |
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She's no big-noter, and she is hilariously self-deprecating. |
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In a little over two hours, he ran through more than 30 of his greatest songs, punctuating them with hilarious, self-deprecating patter which had the audience in stitches. |
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Eva's own fierce intelligence, self-deprecating humour and wonderful quick wittedness are reflected in and will live on through her books. |
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These twilit travails are recounted with a dry, self-deprecating wit. |
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A self-deprecating tone saves her from pretentiousness. |
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Expansive, amused, irresistibly self-confident, self-deprecating. |
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When interviewed in the examining room she is often initially defiant, angry and verbally abusive, but by the end of the session is tearful and self-deprecating. |
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McQueen remembers Stanfield for his wry and self-deprecating humour, his debating skills in the House, and above all his convictions and principles. |
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For disabled people, just as for the non-disabled, a sense of humour and a willingness to be self-deprecating while on the hustings can go a long way toward building links with the electorate. |
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Regardless of its origin, Thomas has the self-deprecating comedy thing down pat and dips into the well when asked if he would describe himself as a good student. |
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He is just self-deprecating enough to put some humour into the book. |
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I remember the first time I sat across from his desk was slightly intimidating, but he was very fair and, more than that, he opened up with a self-deprecating humour that Canadians across the country have come to love. |
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I've never understood why we are so self-deprecating all the time. |
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So what Labour needed, in 2007, was a leader to defend its record with self-deprecating charm. It also needed someone who could reassure the public about rising inflation and falling house prices. |
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He said that Francis had used a dinner in the Casa Santa Martha on Wednesday night to give a self-deprecating thanks to the cardinals who had made him the church's head. |
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The Germans are not above a little self-deprecating horticultural humour either: witness the breadth and range of garden gnomes cavorting in front of many a house. |
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She was a fluffy, not-so-young thing obsessed with her looks, her dates and her social insecurities, and the snappiness of her self-deprecating humor could be adorable. |
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Single selection Maps is the song that will propel the troubadour to the next level, a self-deprecating and tongue-tied love song that is easily the album's highpoint. |
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Many were lured by his charm and retail skills and the nerve of someone with scant life accomplishments — as his premeditatedly self-deprecating testimony reminded the jury as subtly as a Times Square Jumbotron. |
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Stallone's self-deprecating humour is better than ever now that he has achieved complete sagaciousness, with the real-life Philadelphia statue of Rocky making an in-world cameo. |
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Yet behind it all he was an almost shy, self-deprecating true gentleman. |
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The public also reacted well to Reagan's personality, in particular to his apparent genuineness, affability, and self-deprecating sense of humour. |
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He's frank and searingly open, ruthlessly self-deprecating, and all done while spinning around the stage like a Michael Jackson tribute jacked into the mains. |
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