selves
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Holloway added: "I want to express to people that you are allowed to evolve and change and embrace the whole story, their whole selves."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
He just gave them permission to be their true selves.
From Salon • May 26, 2026
And there’s one more person we can influence a whole lot, too: our future selves.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
We deserve to be our best selves as we navigate perimenopause and menopause.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Maybe I am lucky—that at the age of nine I was given the ghosts of my parents’ best selves, and at twenty-three the ghost of my true love’s best self.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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