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As women we tend to be self-effacing and make light of what we have achieved.

作为妇女，我们往往谦逊，对自己取得的成功轻描淡写。

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They transform the aspirations of the people who live there; they nudge the self-image of the city into a bolder and more optimistic light.

它们改变了当地居民的愿望；它们将这座城市的自我形象推向了更大胆、更乐观的方向。

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Among the standouts: a dark, brooding Corinth self-portrait drawing and a charming, light-struck August Macke of an Arab on a donkey.

WSJ: Before Darkness Fell | German Expressionism 1900-1930 | Neue Galerie | By Karen Wilkin

The embroidered balcony of the bodice, the castle keep of the skirts, the pas de trois of glove, shoe and hat here was a rustling theater of the self, a light-show of articulate materialism.

WSJ: A Rustling Theater of the Self | Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity | Metropolitan Museum of Art | By Laura Jacobs

In one, a tie-wearing dude makes light of the bathroom self-portrait.

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