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  • n  feelings of excessive pride
  • n  an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself
    self-love that shut out everyone else

  • He is a problem for some of his adherents, who hear in his speeches black self-love and self-help and who see the Nation of Islam as a force against crime and drugs, bringing order .
  • If there's one thing Hollywood has more of than self-love, it's self-loathe.
  • Humans have always practiced self-love, it's just that faking it has never looked this real.
Quotes

  • Adam Smith in Opinion Editorials
    But as Adam Smith said, "it is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never...
  • Queen Latifah in Washington Post
    What the song is about -- a little black girl who needs to have more self-love -- touched my heart because I know certain people still struggle with their identity,Latifah says. "Whether it's skin color or body type, I'm always one to...
  • Sook-Yin Lee in Vancouver Sun
    I am a feminist. And I think the feminists who don't get it are missing the heart of the story -- which is all about self-love and self-acceptance,says Lee. "This movie doesn't show us a love realized ...... but it does show us that two...

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