How many times have you told yourself, "At least I'm not as bad as so and so"?
"There is a tremendous amount of fear," Mr. Repetto said, "because you've told yourself crime is not a problem".
How many times have you told yourself that you will start exercising regularly come Monday or that you will start eating healthier come the first of January?
You worked hard and you patted yourself on the back and told yourself that that was success.
Have you ever told yourself that something you want very much would happen if the next three traffic lights turned green as you drove down the road?
It seemed so random then, picking off strangers and acquaintances for no particular reason, but always, you told yourself, for reasons far from you.
"No matter how much you've told yourself that it is emotionally honest, necessary and real, the audience will say 'But there are still boobs and we don't need them'... which is true sometimes".
What you did wasn't so bad.You stood in a small room, waiting for the sun.At least you told yourself that.I know it was small,but there was something, a kind of pulped lemon,at the low edge of the sky.
If you're one of those people who has righteously told yourself, "Psh, summary statement?
Have you ever told yourself, "I need to finish writing that manuscript," but months later you still don't have a draft?
I would bet to some extent, this scenario--in which you told yourself that you could never be an artist--was played out over and over again.
