With some of my larger purchases, I make myself earn them in a less financial sense.
By deliberately seeking to strengthen those elements of my life, I make myself happier.
"Mentally, that was the price at which I would make myself quit, " said Ms. Green.
Let me make myself clear though: yes, I agree that smoking causes both cancer and heart disease.
Either way, I was ready to make myself miserable all over again.
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The convicted killer, who is now 62, told AP news agency he had lied about the murders "to make myself interesting", and while under the influence of heavy medication.
This just a matter of principle, because I have had no chance to make myself heard and such a legal action I will never find a job as a graduate engineer.
"It was up to me to go out and earn a contract, to show the coaches I had the ability to mature, learn and make myself a better player, " said Lamb.
Like many 20-somethings, I went to a good college, got a job, struggled through the worst of the recession, and put myself back through school to make myself a better leader in the workplace.
So how can I make myself more attractive?
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Yet, while I think nothing of making my own mayonnaise or putting up jars of marmalade, until recently it never occurred to me that these bundles of nooked and crannied goodness were something I could make myself.
"I wear things to make myself feel good, but my style changes every day according to my mood, " muses Hidemichi Sawa, dressed in a grey waistcoat and shirtsleeves as he strolls through fashionable Daikanyama with girlfriend Chika Hamamoto.
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My husband often laughs at the notes I make reminding myself of tasks I need to do.
When I was 30 I told my GP about it and he referred me for counselling which was the best move I ever made - it really helped me to achieve perspective and make peace with myself and with my past.
"I was killing myself to make featherweight, so I'll be much stronger against Arthur, " he said.
"The main thing that boxing has done for me is to make me believe in myself, " he said.
But I took it upon myself to make sure he got the respect.
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"I wanted to make a nuisance of myself, so that they would do everything possible to satisfy me, " he said.
Even if I was going to be proven wrong, I was going to make those decisions by myself, to be able to learn.
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"I don't want to make a fool of myself referring someone who asked for my help" to an adviser who will reject him, he says.
"It's up to me to grasp it with both hands and try and make a name for myself in this industry, " Abbot told BBC Radio Cumbria.
"I got involved with Film 15 because I really wanted to push myself and make the best film that I could, " said Katie, who is now studying film production at Preston University.
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"Knowing that Terence was killed innocently and then seeing the Afghan family who had someone killed in their family, I started to make a connection between myself and that family, " Manning recalls.
So it is very helpful to me to have his support, to have his, you know, willingness to make the case for me, but I have to, you know, be viewed on my merits and make the case for myself.
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"I find myself unable to make the treatment decision yet, " Giuliani confessed Friday.
Even if it is only a small difference that I can make, I would sacrifice myself in a heartbeat for another.
That has destroyed the economic viability of the business model for growers such as myself, to make a living from selling high-quality grapes.
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