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Will that be worthy description as a third phase of his leadership?

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I can see on his face his fear of a fresh rejection, a feeling that he is a failure to his father, that he can never do anything worthy of respect.

I started out sort of trying to find my confidence as a person, as a performer, as a writer, as a joke teller, sort of needing to prove to myself that I was worthy.

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It didn’t require much imagination to see how scouts would one day declare him the rare defensive line prospect worthy of the word “generational.”

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It’s a stance that the First Presidency, the Church’s highest officials, also affirmed, saying that being undocumented should not itself prevent “an otherwise worthy Church member” from entering the temple or being ordained to priesthood, and calling upon congregation members to avoid being judgmental.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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