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  • He felt a tremendous need of unbosoming himself; he had been so sure of success, or, at least, so unthinking of failure, and the blow to his selfesteem was a rude one.

    Maurice Guest 2003

  • Now we all get to be super smart high selfesteem strippers and McDonalds workers....

    Are You Smart: What is intelligence? 2010

  • Working with artificial or smaller emotions builds up the strength to work attentively with larger or long-term emotions, such as loneliness, low selfesteem, or an unhealthy need to please.

    Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche - The Aim of Attention William Harryman 2009

  • If your recent problems were to beset our nation, selfesteem would not be the issue, because we are too arrogant ever to have felt a lack of it.

    Stiffen Your Lips, Yanks 2008

  • Embraced with an endearing gusto peculiar to the American people, selfesteem is all the rage, as I discovered on a recent visit.

    Stiffen Your Lips, Yanks 2008

  • The report's "key finding" was that "selfesteem is the likeliest candidate for a social vaccine [emphasis in original], something that empowers us to live responsibly and that inoculates us against the lures of crime, violence, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, child abuse, chronic welfare dependency and educational failure."

    Hey, I'm Terrific! 2008

  • But there was evidence that girls with high selfesteem were more likely to use contraceptives.

    Hey, I'm Terrific! 2008

  • Eager to share this insight, Vasconcellos helped create a state task force on "selfesteem and personal and social responsibility."

    Hey, I'm Terrific! 2008

  • And I think one of the greatest things about getting any child of any age into the kitchen is that it really builds their selfesteem.

    My Journey to the Top 2007

  • And I think one of the greatest things about getting any child of any age into the kitchen is that it really builds their selfesteem.

    My Journey to the Top 2007

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