And, as Fisher notes, few politicians are paying attention to the needs of the self employed, focusing instead on efforts like boosting old-line manufacturing.

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He believes that focusing on mining self-sustaining minerals would be more beneficial than trying to harvest and then transport helium-3.

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Focusing on the holistic self is more of an expectation than a luxury for a generation that has always had that treatment.

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Maturity in goal management systems, tools, and technology (for self driven curriculum management) would be helpful for focusing our will.

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Maybe someone somewhere has argued that their work for gay rights means little because it stems from self-interest, or that they shouldn't be focusing on a bourgeois issue like marriage that does little for, say, homeless gay teenagers.

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