"Given that you do not have a record on which to be proud, I do not believe you have the credibility to suggest the ways in which the NHS can move forward today, " he wrote.

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The most frequently cited reasons for being proud to be British were to do with national prowess in football (yes, really) and pop music.

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And I would just like to point out that I am proud to be associated with the guy who saw the necessity to do this.

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And as they do, we will be proud to stand with them as a steadfast partner.

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We can be very proud of that but we have still got a lot of work to do.

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Bearing all this in mind, including what many of the BBC website readers think of us, I love my job and I am proud to be a police officer and serving the community in the way I do.

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But for one day only, it was simply about making it across the line -- and I am proud to say that I was one of the (last to be) first to do just that.

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Maybe there can be a serious conversation about how a school should measure athletic success, what values truly matter, what it will and won't do to win, what alumni really want when they say they want to be proud.

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And I do mean what I say about this magnificent city, of which I am proud to be a citizen and which will always be my home.

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Mr Horne said he would do everything "to deliver an airport of which the people of Wales can once again be rightfully proud".

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