"It's my custom to say something flattering to begin with so I shall be excused if I put my foot in it later on."
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"Almost every Marine I've met says I portray a Marine dead-on, which is really, really flattering."
"To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one."
"The encomium of one incapable of flattery is indeed flattering."
"It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre."
"I still get recognized. It's flattering, but it can be uncomfortable. Maybe because it only seems to happen when I'm looking and feeling crappy."
"When someone really respects and admires us as musicians to the extent that they want to work with us, it's really flattering."
"One can also be undignified and flattering toward a virtue."