Sentence examples for idea of themselves from inspiring English sources

They process information in a way that protects their idea of themselves.

It is the life-long love affair of the individual with their own idea of themselves.

But her place in helping shape women's idea of themselves had passed.

But taller young people here complain that the Japanese idea of themselves as a short people has not kept pace with reality, resulting in a frequently inconvenient mismatch.

Everyone is scrupulously smiley and polite, in that way people only ever are when constructing a community around an idea of themselves.

Even leaving aside the fact that most people with mood disorders are not creative geniuses, many writers find their creative talent psychologically troublesome, and even prize an idea of themselves as, in some sense, abnormal.

"Wouldn't it change my idea of myself if I could suddenly paint amazing pictures?" It probably would change people's ideas of themselves, to say nothing of their ideas of artistic talent.

The exhibition helps us to understand, as Ms. Willis observes, the extent to which the medium allowed a people, even in times of abject oppression, to "experiment with varied ideas of themselves and ultimately to honor how they saw themselves and wished to be seen by others".

Also, there's some bleak humor in the gap between women's ideas of themselves and the reality of their actions".

Are these dancers intrigued by each other or by the idea of seeing themselves as desirable?

"There are people with different opinions and some of those are looking to the idea of running themselves".