They never indulged in self-pity, no matter how stacked the odds were against them.

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The executives I interviewed picked themselves up and got on with business instead of wallowing in self-pity, just like Smart, Lin, Garvey, and Zinardi.

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Despite his terrible injuries and the 50 or so operations that followed to rebuild his face, Robin has never given in to self-pity.

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To vary Wilfred Owen, the poetry is in the self-pity.

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Because after all, we are in a state of self-pity and self-accusation.

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Refused to wallow in anything related to self-pity or suffering.

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Complaints and self-pity are in bad taste.

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But I also remember listening to her talk about the hardships in her life, and she did so without any self-pity.

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