say to oneself

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“If they took you into the Actors Studio, it made one say to oneself, ‘Maybe I have something.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

To-morrow the bread will seem not so dear, the wine better, the tools less heavy, when one can say to oneself on rising: "Well, that old Mora had to come to it like everybody else."

From The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Ives, George Burnham

One should say to oneself: "I will enter like this," while rehearsing one's entrance, so as not to be caught napping at the outset.

From Poise: How to Attain It by Starke, D.

It is necessary to say to oneself, That is good for Rubens, this for Raphael, Titian, or Michael Angelo.

From The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art by Binyon, Cicely Margaret Powell

V. Soliloquize; say to oneself, talk to oneself; say aside, think aloud, apostrophize.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark