Sentence examples for ideas of themselves from inspiring English sources

That Sweden is moving into the European mainstream in its attitudes to immigration is a contested and controversial point that seems to cut to the core of Swedes' ideas of themselves.

"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".

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

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

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

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

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.

It's flattering to the wealthy, the idea that their servants are there out of personal regard and affection for them, flattering to their idea of themselves as generous, modern, unsnobbish, laid-back, egalitarian.

They debunk the idea of themselves as mysterious, shadowy figures – "It's not about mystique," McClung says – while also acknowledging the creative potential of a career out of the limelight.