Inhibition is something I notice in hamstrung actors all the time. They can be wonderful up to a point and then become very self-conscious.
Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.
M: Arrogance and self-awareness seldom go hand in hand.
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
It's tough to be in a relationship with a musician, because it reads sometimes as this ego and self-involvement when it's really just concentration and focus.
If I can be my crazy, wild self in front of a person, and he still likes me, that's romantic.
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.
Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.
Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done.
I learned the technology and tradecraft of electronic security in self defense, with a lot of expert help.
My little self-analysis is that consumer technology is the closest thing we have to magic. You push a button and something happens at your command. The things that get me fired up the most have always been the things that seem the most magical.
Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb!
If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.
The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.
I believe that the dissolution of a marriage comes about by the breaking down of self-esteem.
I don't often see the movies I'm in; I'm usually disappointed in myself and it only serves to make me self-conscious.
