The Berlin Philharmonic, long self-governing and proud of it, should give it a try.
"I like my team, and I'm proud of it, " Nuggets coach George Karl said.
Does she regret that quality of hers, or is she, on the contrary, proud of it?
"I'm so proud of it, " she says, sounding like a parent examining a brilliant report card, beaming.
Actually I look like a grandmother because I am a grandmother and so very proud of it.
Until the bubble bath incident, I had been comfortable with our decision, even secretly proud of it.
Many of these comments were from sincere people who described themselves as content marketers and are proud of it.
"I am proud of it, " he told the BBC's Hardtalk programme last year.
"You can't help being proud of it if you're Welsh, " he said.
Yet he was also a Norman and proud of it, the son of a cuisine flowing with butter, cream and cheese.
That's why we passed this law, and I am proud of it.
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Within the same week he argued that it was possible to be British, to be proud of it, yet vote against Britain for separatism.
"That's why we say, 'I'm a PC and proud of it!"
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And I'll be proud of it on the day I die.
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The people of Pasto told Simon Bolivar nearly 200 years ago that they preferred to stay with Spain, thank you, and many citizens remain proud of it.
From somebody who has worked all his life and is proud of it, I think it's about time we as a country got our self respect back.
"We're black and gold and proud of it, " he said.
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True or not, the story is in character: Mr Emanuel is famous for being the president's most pugnacious panjandrum and congressional and media manipulator, and proud of it to boot.
We are fans of the sport, we want it to be taken seriously like most sports but at the moment we are off the back of a poor example and we're not proud of it.
It's not false modesty - he knows what he has done and is rightfully proud of it - but an unease about appearing false, being seen as a big-time Charlie, when he is just plain Paul.
And in much of the developing world these ideas are not even out of fashion: far from being embarrassed by the generous help they dole out to their car makers, many governments are proud of it.
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