Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
A bugbear of mine is bragging rights in regional derbies: it would be a lot more worth to the regional game if we did something special in European rugby.
That's a thing you most look forward to as a kid. The newest clothes or the newest shoes. Definitely getting the newest shoes and bragging to your friends about it.
Since I'm a Minnesotan, that bragging thing is a little hard.
Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.
Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television... I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
Getting to a 1 rating in households is a sign that we're building momentum. It gives us bragging rights.
In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging.
Social media is a superimposing place where people are usually bragging.
I'm just glad that I have bragging rights to working with Bugs and Daffy.
