McAlary was the kind of by-any-means-necessary reporter who dragged his self-made legend behind him like a U-Haul, and Ms. Ephron has glued a dozen or so juicy anecdotes together in chronological order, unfortunately neglecting to dramatize them.
His own rootless childhood had made him extremely self-sufficient, and his natural confidence - some would say arrogance - has made him very sure about his own abilities and opinions.
Caine, a veteran of 100 screen roles in a 40-year career, is clearly proud of his work in The Quiet American because he believes he has made his real self invisible in the role.
Soon after, he went on the talk-show circuit and in the midst of his self-deprecating quips made it clear that he had wronged and was sorry.
Rarely do the journalists and campaign staffers that travel with McCain hear him freely use such religious language, and if the senator is obliged to chat about faith, he usually appears genuinely eager to move on to something else, which made his self-assured performance at Saddleback all the more striking.
Mr. Becker was the son, having learned the craft from his father, a mostly self-taught craftsman who made his first violin in 1901.
Having built on his inheritance, Thapar insists most of his present wealth is self-made.
In his victory remarks Tuesday, Mr. Romney asserted that his party will unite behind his vision as a self-made businessman who can create jobs.
First off, though he was certainly self-made, his early life story was hardly one marked by poverty.
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Self-made, he spent his childhood in an orphanage and his early working years on a factory floor.
Entirely self-made, he spent his childhood in an orphanage and his early working years on a factory floor.
Bigelow is entirely self-made and owns all his companies and properties outright, including the Budget Suites chain of residential hotels and more than 14, 000 apartment and office units across the Southwest.
Most of his roles embody pious self-righteousness, and that made watching Washington's searing portrayal of evil incarnate particularly satisfying.
If Rick or his wife made that mistake, then they underpaid self-employment tax just like Tim Geithner, only not by as much.
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He's part of a new breed of self-made businessman, who says his neighborhood in Moscow's toniest suburb is an oasis of luxury.
His early success stands out even among the 272 self-made billionaires on the Forbes 400.
Sorrell is a Cambridge and Harvard graduate from North London, a self-described "bean counter" who made his mark as the finance director of the ad gurus, Charles and Maurice Saatchi.
"It would seem to me to be a self-made kind of individual who has worked his whole life and wants to get away, " muses Greg Archibald , national director of real estate for J.
In this tale, a self-made billionaire, near death, is preparing his last will and testament, which, unbeknownst to his money-hungry heirs, contains a head-spinning zinger.
His father, George Romney, was a rich, albeit self-made, car executive.
During his recent speech before the civil rights group, the NAACP, he made reference to these events to emphasise his theme of black self-improvement.
In Hong Kong, perhaps, or even Finland, Slim would be heralded as a striving champion of capitalism, a self-made billionaire celebrated for employing 218, 000 workers and for pushing his country into the modern age.
That sort of de haut en bas can get out of hand of course: one self-made man, Michael Heseltine, has been sneered at because he bought his own furniture rather than inheriting it.
She insists that Jesus of Nazareth made no claim to be divine: a famous New Testament passage that expounds both his self-abasement and divine glory does not mean what Christians think it means, she adds.
Shortly after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made their announcement, MacFarlane posted a self-deprecating video on YouTube, in which his father appeared underwhelmed by the news.
The Ivorian wasted a one-on-one opportunity with Blackburn keeper Paul Robinson after the break, but once Anelka had made the game safe with Chelsea's second goal, Drogba seemed to rediscover some of his self-belief and almost scored a third with a delightful chip that floated inches over the bar.
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