Self-pity statements of this kind are undergoing something of a purple patch at the moment.
Sharpe was forced to apologise for his actions – actions that surely anyone who's ever felt the urge to send a picture of lovely Nicole, 18, from Eastbourne to a shadow cabinet minister can relate to – and in doing so came up with one of the most sublime self-pity statements in recent memory.
Excitement over the story can "only be regarded with pity", a statement said.
There was no prologue, no pity — just a statement that packed in centuries of Punjabi existentialism.
The grandiosity and self-pity of their statements came as little surprise to more than a dozen detectives who sat in the jury box yesterday to watch the sentencing.
Don't get me wrong this is not a pity for the popular statement.
Thus O'Casey's legacy and his fame would rest largely on four plays, put on over five years; plays that seem over 80 years later to be immensely powerful dramatic statements about the pity of war, whose characters continue to attract great Irish actors and large audiences.
The pity is that an important statement on transatlantic relations should come from the fourth in line to the throne rather than from a member of the elected government.
What a pity that recent political behaviour and statements have made the task of valuing, respecting and resourcing social workers much more difficult.
He played down the widening rift between Russia and the United States, and even purported to pity Obama, depicting the U.S. president's statements as a result of stress.
The chief executive of EADS, Thomas O. Enders, said in a statement, "It is, of course, a pity we didn't succeed, but I'm glad we tried".
