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But for all the barriers he’s broken and all the miles he’s logged in his career as a Navy test pilot, Maverick occupies a state of self-willed professional stasis.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2022

Maybe that matters less than the fact that Ms. Fox sees her whole life as playing out under the terms of a self-willed destiny.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2019

He did not consider “Peanuts” a children’s comic; even in Snoopy, his most kid-friendly character, Schulz created a self-willed, occasionally anxious fantasist.

From The New Yorker Aug. 6, 2019

They all seemed to be engaging in a self-willed amnesia about John McEnroe.

From The Guardian Jul. 13, 2015

No, he recognized himself, he recognized his hands and feet, the place where he lay and the Self in his breast, Siddhartha, self-willed, individualistic.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse




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