Last year, at the age of 87, he declined to be sorry for himself.

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"Not really into the game, feeling like it's over, feeling sorry for himself, " said tailback Tomlinson, the locker room's elder statesman, in explaining Holmes's body language.

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He saw how his dad went through chemo and radiation treatments, but never complained, never felt sorry for himself, and continued to work full-time to provide for his family.

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In the first scene, this Bond loses track of stolen information and is shot for his efforts, then spends months in obscurity overindulging in alcohol and wordlessly feeling sorry for himself.

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So why did he feel so sorry for himself?

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