Yet there is no contradiction with any of these in feeling proud to be European as well.

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The hard landing guys must be feeling proud of themselves this year.

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That doesn't only have the country feeling proud of itself, it also has the country building new hotels, and upgrading soccer (football) stadiums and airports from north to south.

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Gregory's when they took the bread, trying to guess what they were feeling, but I was too proud and too timid to ask either priests or congregants the beginner's queries: Why do you cross yourselves?

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And so, as I listened to the tribute on the radio, I stopped feeling guilty and instead, I was proud.

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"I'm hugely proud, I've got the same feeling we had at the end of last year's championship, " he told BBC Sport.

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As for tax, he sounded proud that he was contributing to the government and even mentioned feeling "embarrassed" when he had fallen behind in payments.

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"I was so proud when I wore the international strip for the first time - I couldn't swap that feeling with anything, " Daei said.

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