Well, the most obvious historical example I can think of is "Let them eat cake".
My mom has immense amounts of chutzpah, but is generally aware of this, so that when she does things like compel an NYC subway car full of morning commuters to sing happy birthday to her, or hails a cab on the NJ Turnpike, it is with full knowledge.
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Date: 2009-02-02 07:57 (UTC)My mom has immense amounts of chutzpah, but is generally aware of this, so that when she does things like compel an NYC subway car full of morning commuters to sing happy birthday to her, or hails a cab on the NJ Turnpike, it is with full knowledge.