selves

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Likewise, consider investing your own hard-earned money where people invest in their selves, in becoming who they want to become, in flourishing as human beings.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

With “Alpha,” she once again utilizes a coming-of-age narrative to probe the fragility and malleability of our physical selves.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Regrets are staples of the melodrama, and Hoover’s characters are in constant conversation with their past selves.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

In the 40 second video from the World Without Exploitation group, released in the US on Super Bowl Sunday, survivors held up photographs of their younger selves and said "we all deserve the truth".

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Everyone claims that I’ve gotten them right, and while they compare their inner selves, I go to Carlyle, a bit concerned.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman