self-respecting
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No self-respecting US presidential candidate enters the race without a memoir, and Vance's new book is his second published work, following his bestselling "Hillbilly Elegy" in 2016.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
"All self-respecting captains go down with their ships," James Watt declared in his finance memoir Business for Punks in 2015.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Many of them, Losey said, assume the insects must be a different bug altogether, since “no self-respecting ladybug would come into my house.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
When I’m dreaming up new oatmeal combinations, I start where any self-respecting hedonist would: the jam aisle of a fancy little corner store.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
“I wish we were invisible,” said Michael, when Mary Poppins had told him that the very sight of him was more than any self-respecting person could be expected to stand.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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