His amphetamine addiction seems to have been rooted both in his florid enthusiasm for new experiences and in a strange carelessness about his own devalued life, a troubling modesty that coexisted with medical egoism.
"That decision is in the hands of other people," said Bruce, his stock devalued by relegation, although some chairmen may consider this to have been a freak season in an otherwise attractive curriculum vitae.
Instead of his personal behavior devaluing his political position, his political position excuses his personal behavior; a philandering politician who preaches the sacred bond of marriage is considered a good man because of what he says, no matter what he does.
Gareth Southgate has defended the decision to include Wayne Rooney in the England squad to face USA next Thursday and said the record goalscorer deserves his tribute despite criticism his presence devalues an international cap.
Buzzfeed's editor, Ben Smith, is a credible journalist who now works in the middle of a random content stew, that, in another world, would have devalued his skills and undermined his career potential.
In the introduction to his book he writes, "the gay and lesbian rights effort has been almost entirely ignored by mainstream historians, biographers, textbook writers, and encyclopedias". During his presentation, Eric tells us that he devalued his "gay work" at the time.
He did not want to be associated with a product that devalued his music..
Perhaps his life was devalued because, at 20 years old, he had an arrest record.
(Early in our correspondence, he said he was hoping for an article that would not include those words because he thought they devalued his hard work as a writer).
