But it was also a modest kind of boastfulness.
We had fabulous adventures of a modest kind, and loved the travel through all the canals and locks.
But the cruelty of a mid-March storm, even the modest kind that hit yesterday, is usually psychological.
To the scores of students and residents he trained, and the thousands of lives he affected, this modest, kind and lovely man was a gift to humanity.
Ross was a monumental force in the lives of everybody who knew him, multi-talented, modest, kind and generous; he loved and was loved by his family.
But even that modest kind of success occurs less frequently in older people who receive CPR, declining slightly for those in their 70s, then more steeply for those in their 80s and 90s, several studies show.
But it is remarkable and more interesting that in a marketplace glutted with soldier memoirs — whether of the best-selling kill variety or a much more thoughtful and modest kind — only two literary novels written by soldiers in the war on terror have been released by major imprints.
And five years ago, a splintered court delivered the coup de grâce when it decreed that a school district couldn't voluntarily opt for the most modest kind of integration — giving parents a choice of which school their children would attend and treating race as a tiebreaker in deciding which children would go to the most popular schools.
I definitely remember thinking: 'Well, I don't know what's going to happen to this National band, but Clogs are gonna be really cool!'" In fact, Clogs remain on Brassland, their albums selling modestly, while the National have become stars, of a modest kind, whose continued success remains crucial to Brassland.
The example Marty provides is that even if less savoury aspects of human nature end up leading to popularity, just being a nice, modest, kind person is the best way – and no such guy will end up without being noticed by a sweet girl.
