All of us deserve more than that, and asserting our worth is guaranteed to make us happier people with richer, more fulfilling lives in the long run.
"Essential" is a matter of perspective and taste but also implies an optimistic volition: here, the organizers assert, are works worth preserving, playing and celebrating.
In 2012, in an attempt to head off the row over his pay, he wrote a personal defence in the Financial Times to assert he was worth the money.
For people such as Thembisa Nkuzo, the strike was a way of saying that the ballot box no longer offered much hope of asserting self-worth.
"I think that what Malcolm X did, though, was to tap into a long-running tradition within the African-American community, which is that, at certain moments, it's important for African-Americans to assert their manhood, their worth..
"I think that what Malcolm X did, though, was to tap into a long-running tradition within the African-American community, which is that, at certain moments, it's important for African-Americans to assert their manhood, their worth...
As Stanhope asserts, it is worth getting famous "just for one moment of being that guy".
"I don't care," said Mr. McNulty, 30, who works in insurance sales in New York, asserting it was worth the wait.
I haven't had any luck finding "y'all" in a serious dictionary; Wiktionary, for what it's worth, asserts that while "y'all" is usually plural it can be used a singular pronoun in a formal setting (eg, when addressing someone, "as a sign of respect for the person's position or seniority").
Personalism always resisted the absorption of the individual into the collectivity by asserting the inherent worth of the singular person.
