Resourceful, self-sustaining, if painfully lonely, she survives, barely, on her carving, and her only company is her cat, Taggle.
In the older neighborhoods of Mesa, for instance, it is still possible to hear roosters crowing or see goats grazing on a lawn, thanks to the resourceful, self-sufficient Mormon founders of the city.
Jason Bourne When Matt Damon first took on the role of amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne in 2002, he was a strikingly modern type of action hero: resourceful, self-reliant, amoral.
He reintroduces us to our more resourceful selves, and reminds us that some people — nutty as they may seem — actually want to live those bumper sticker slogans on beat-up Volvos.
When I looked into the eyes of the beautiful children of Be Like Brit, all I could see was a future Haiti that is strong, powerful, resourceful, self-sustaining, and thriving.
Richard Fenning, chief operating officer of Control Risks Group, a British business-risk consultancy, employs lots of ex-military folk and ex-journalists ("they are resourceful and self-sufficient," he says).
Freddie was packed off to boarding school at 7. Physically pampered, socially isolated, emotionally neglected, familiar from birth with the stifling atmosphere of adult silence and depression, he grew up restless, resourceful and self-reliant.
As someone who has always been hard-working, resourceful and self-reliant, I found it very hard to accept that I couldn't combine the long hours with the responsibility of being a single parent.
Graduate Fog also labelled the vacancy as being "confused" for the way it outlines a "huge list of skills and responsibilities," specifying how assistants will be expected to "work in an independent, resourceful and self-confident manner, and have the determination and tenacity to tackle large pieces of work," yet calling it an "internship".
