self-

• “In America and Britain, there's a belief that having children must entail self- sacrifice and that we must push them to succeed.”

  Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

• “But he never ceased to identify secular thinking with a decisive advance in human self- understanding.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Among the Unbelievers

• “They do this before they get their marks, and the teachers comment on their self- evaluations.”

  The Huffington Post: C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: More from Norway

• “It was a kind-of-brainwashing that catapulted self- interest to a high "moral" ideal.”

  The Huffington Post: Monika Mitchell: Is Wall Street the Enemy of the People?

• “Men take more risks with money and see money issues as a threat to their self- esteem and confidence.”

  The Huffington Post: Dr. Terri Orbuch: Detroiters: Don't Let Money Woes Ruin Your Relationship

• “Martial arts, which was also designed as a set of self- and others'-protection skills, has become more about proving personal toughness or manliness -- or even womanliness.”

  The Huffington Post: Tom Matlack: Men And Guns: Do Guys Have An Affinity For Steel?

• “Yet scientists are a gregarious lot, both by nature and of necessity—what makes the scientific process self- correcting is communication and collaboration.”

  The Wall Street Journal: An Engine of Perpetual Revolution

• “But there was also Modi—transmuted into both Maudit ("accursed") and Malodor ("madman")—a self- destructive, destitute alcoholic and drug addict; a quick-tempered and violent womanizer; a schizophrenic exhibitionist who insulted waiters, broke dishes, glasses and chairs, threw his mistress through a window and, when drunk, stripped nude in bars and cafés.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Bad Boy of Montparnasse

• “I can't stand sagging because it flies in the face of everything I've ever been taught about the outward signs of self-respect and self- confidence: stand up straight, speak clearly, tuck your shirt in, walk with your head held high, etc.”

  The Huffington Post: Danielle Moss Lee: Low-Hanging Pants and Other Phenomena

• “Troubled Christian and noble Anton are at opposite ends of a wide spectrum of attempts at self- control.”

  The Huffington Post: Penelope Andrew: HuffPost Review: Oscar-Winner In a Better World, and Remembering Elizabeth Taylor

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