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She was actually glad when Harriet piped up self-importantly, “Millicent got to go to a birthday party, but I get to go to a parade.”
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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Outside, there are the hundreds of young men and women rushing around self-importantly, handing out leaflets, booklets and stickers and wearing t-shirts with slogans like Freedom and Capitalism.
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She was actually glad when Harriet piped up self-importantly, “Millicent got to go to a birthday party, but I get to go to a parade.”
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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She was actually glad when Harriet piped up self-importantly, “Millicent got to go to a birthday party, but I get to go to a parade.”
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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She was actually glad when Harriet piped up self-importantly, “Millicent got to go to a birthday party, but I get to go to a parade.”
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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Timmy thought self-importantly, I told them he was real, and I was right.
365 tomorrows » 2008 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008
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Likewise, I could have told you that those careerists in D.C. who make their livelihood off this kind of pablum would publish a "strategy memo" in something self-importantly called "The Democratic Strategist".
David Sirota: Thank You, Dick Cheney, for Giving Me the Proper Words David Sirota 2010
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Likewise, I could have told you that those careerists in D.C. who make their livelihood off this kind of pablum would publish a "strategy memo" in something self-importantly called "The Democratic Strategist".
David Sirota: Thank You, Dick Cheney, for Giving Me the Proper Words David Sirota 2010
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"I saw every second of what happened," Clark said, a bit self-importantly, "and if a witness is needed, you just put them in touch with me, Mixie."
Ann Beattie's 'The Rock': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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"I saw every second of what happened," Clark said, a bit self-importantly, "and if a witness is needed, you just put them in touch with me, Mixie."
Ann Beattie's 'The Rock': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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