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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) pioneered the spirit of self-help in America.
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The God-fearing, flag-waiving, gun-toting homeschool crowd embodies the American spirit of mutual self-reliance.
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This spirit of self-sufficiency is a boon as they scramble to reconstruct.
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I've seen firsthand that spirit of independence and spirit of self-reliance.
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Poverty was not conquered but the spirit of self-government was.
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He wears a quilted silver jacket with a gold scorpion embroidered on the back, and keeps on wearing it when the fabric is smeared with gore, but why would a man so clearly defined elsewhere by the spirit of self-effacement take such a risk?
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The anger, the resentment, the bitterness, the desire for recrimination against people you believe have wronged you, they harden the heart and deaden the spirit and lead to self-inflicted wounds.
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Hanks plays Larry, a blithe, middle-aged spirit who loses his job and, with barely a hiccup, embarks on self-improvement.
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As a self-help book author and Spirit Junkie, I found this behavior quite alarming.
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Its head, John Kane-Berman, argues that BEE, in the way it has so far been implemented, has actually harmed blacks by discouraging self-reliance and an entrepreneurial spirit.
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Davis' subtle enactment of Edgar, who claims deteriorating health, equally embraces his bullying ways, empty swagger and self-pitying, reflective moments of broken spirit.
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Self-interest just needs to be surrounded with a generous, welcoming spirit.
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