That modesty is much in evidence on this compilation of plaintive soul.
This is not modesty so much as caution, certainly a function of being 57 and not 39, the age I was when I embarked the last time, with no concept of the length and arduousness of what lay in front of me.
Still, it may open something interesting — which is that the two of us have a long careful private discussion one night, because I think in all modesty there's much in your thought which is innocent of its own implications, and there's much surplus in mine which could profitably be sliced away by the powers of your logic. . . .
But she also knows that too much modesty will undermine her.
Like pigeons (which would not cover much modesty) or old mattresses (which you would need to paint a smiley face on to get the polar bear effect).
There is not much modesty to the Bay Films office, housed in a brick building that was once an auto-body shop that Mr. Bay, a Southern California native, frequented as a young man.
Kuczynski said that he claimed victory with "much modesty because Peru has big challenges ahead" adding he was open to dialogue but that it should not be confused with "weakness".
("It would be natural to say," Knobe might have written, "that the chairman in one situation had harmed the environment intentionally, whereas....".) X-phi helps keep us honest and enforces a useful modesty about how much weight to give one's personal hunches, even when they're shared by the guy in the next office.
Too much modesty might get in the way of making good decisions and sharing what one knows.
"I am trying to say this with as much modesty as I can," says Baum, "but Leisure Society glasses radiate luxury without ostentation and are among the best in the world". Having designed frames previously for Massimo, Chrome Hearts, Penguin, Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton, it's surprising Baum's boast is as modest as it is.
