The famously private and self-deprecating billionaire will need lots of luck to make all of it pay off.
The actress Maria Bello describes him as self-deprecating and sarcastic, but also deeply compassionate.
Costolo won the audience over by sprinkling deadpan gags and self-deprecating humor into the pre-dinner interview.
Hong delineates the exquisitely calibrated intimacy and cruelty of these relationships with a self-deprecating sincerity.
He wrote beautifully and, after overcoming a stammer, was a wonderful orator: humorous, self-deprecating, empathetic.
The trick is that people are looking for authentic, self-deprecating voices willing to not take themselves too seriously.
Mr. Biggs was remembered in particular for his incisive, sometimes self-deprecating writing style.
Michelle cracked a few-self deprecating marital jokes before launching into a serious call to action to the NGO community.
But to square the circle, you are of course right that self-deprecating words and tones must be consciously eliminated.
It was self-deprecating humor that showed Christie to be a real human being.
As a journalist covering the company, it was refreshing to ask hard questions of management and get a self-deprecating answer.
In the end, Gervais admitted in his usual self-deprecating manner that he may have bitten off more than he could chew.
McCain again displayed his magnetic, self-deprecating humor -- at one time referring to himself as "Miss Congeniality" of the U.S. Senate.
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The crisp and admirably self-deprecating vignettes of his own life, both emotional and professional, give his parents' story a fitting perspective.
Even George Clooney, nominated for two different "message" films, actually spent most of his acceptance speech for Syriana making self-deprecating Batman jokes.
Mixing self-deprecating humor with an ego to match his bulging wallet, this 57-year-old entertainment titan is unlikely to let his money sit.
Mike Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, combines Mrs Palin's small-town Christian appeal with an arsenal of self-deprecating jokes and impressive verbal dexterity.
Though the trio has had its share of adolescent mayhem, on the group's latest album, their lyrics are more self-deprecating, personal, and psychoanalytical.
So tonight we honor David Letterman, who has always offered us an authentic piece of himself -- sometimes cranky, often self-deprecating, always funny.
One unhappy shareholder was conspicuously absent: Paul Orfalea, the soft-spoken, self-deprecating founder of Kinko's, whose curly hair was the source of the company name.
As always with Blodget, the post has a wonderful self-deprecating tone and a smattering of numbers to illustrate the inner workings of a business.
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Those who were treated to his self-deprecating and infectious humor and to his tender other-directedness would never forget the love he gave so freely.
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It sounded like self-deprecating humor, but anyone who knew Tony McPeak knew he really did think there was only a small chance he was wrong.
And he salts his message with earthy anecdotes and self-deprecating asides.
"It's very simple, " she would say in her sweetly self-deprecating way.
Motherhood requires that one be self-deprecating, intuitive, patient and tied down.
The self-deprecating Stringer seems to be just what Sony needed.
Soon after, he went on the talk-show circuit and in the midst of his self-deprecating quips made it clear that he had wronged and was sorry.
Self-deprecating and friendly, with big freckles and a ready smile beneath unfashionably boxy glasses, he is as unassuming as the company headquarters in provincial Toyota City.
"Since he was appointed, Justin Welby has made a point of being self deprecating, showing great surprise that he was chosen at all, " says our correspondent.
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