It occurred to me that Bashar possessed the same uncanny self-command that Salem had shown in his execution video.
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"When you feel more in control of yourself, when you feel like you have more self-command, it can help you do harder things," she said.
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But, when it comes to experiencing a full spectrum of emotions during a time of such national upheaval, maintaining a standard of professionalism and self-command while at work can be challenging — and not just for me.
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We believe that a renewal of American democracy as a virtuous society requires us to honor and promote an ethic of self-command and mutual responsibility, and to resist the siren song of the false ethic of unbridled self-expression.
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At the end of " Malcolm X ," Spike Lee's formidable bio-pic of 1992, we see a bunch of schoolkids, standing up in turn to announce, "I'm Malcolm X." Thus is the hero of the film, played with charismatic self-command by Denzel Washington, presented as the Spartacus of his people.
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Why don't they hold out their necks in "the way Lateranus did at Rome, when condemned by Nero to be beheaded? He held out his neck willingly to take the blow–but the blow was deficient, so he recoiled a bit, but then had enough self-command to offer his neck a second time." Epictetus, Discourses and Selected Writings, Discourses, i, 18, 19. Translation by Robert Dobbin, Penguin, 2008.
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Self-Control is a novel by the Scottish novelist Mary Brunton, published in 1811. The novel, which had some success in its own time, tells a rocambolesque tale, which inspired Jane Austen when she wrote her Plan of a Novel. Part of the author's intention in writing the work was to show "the power of the religious principle in bestowing self-command", while rebutting the idea that a reformed rake makes the best husband.
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On 8 May, while on anti-Torpedo Plane patrol, he > engaged enemy bombing and Torpedo Planes heavily supported by fighters which > attacked our forces. The attacks on 4 and 7 May were pressed home in the > face of heavy anti-aircraft fire with no regard for personal safety. > Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Vejtasa's conscientious devotion to duty and > gallant self-command against formidable odds were in keeping with the > highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
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RCJ Stone, The Making of Russell McVeagh, Auckland University Press, 1991, p. 4. From 1844 Thomas Russell was his articled clerk for seven years and later became his partner and took over his practice."Pars about People: Tom Russell", Observer, Volume XXIV, Issue 52, 10 September 1904, Page 4. (Retrieved 1 March 2018) When Thomas Outhwaite retired in 1869, Sir George Arney, the second Chief Justice of New Zealand, paid tribute to Outhwaite's extraordinary firmness, patience, discretion and self-command."Death of Mr Thomas Outhwaite", The New Zealand Herald, Monday, 21 July 1879, p. 3.
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On 10 July 1631 he was created Baron Cottington of Hanworth in Middlesex. In March 1635 he was appointed master of the Court of Wards and Liveries, and his exactions in this office added greatly to the unpopularity of the government. He was also appointed a commissioner for the Treasury, together with William Laud, and a fierce rivalry sprang up between the two men. However, in their personal encounters Cottington nearly always had the advantage, because he practised great reserve and possessed great powers of self-command, an extraordinary talent for dissembling, and a fund of humour.
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During the early 2000s he had joined the band Eyesburn, appearing on the albums Cool Fire, and How Much for Freedom?. With Eyesburn, he appeared as guest on the Soulfly DVD Live in Warsaw, Poland – July 13, 2005 which was released with the album Conquer in 2008. He had also started working as a producer and sound engineer, producing the Bjesovi album Na živo in 2002, Ventolin album Unrest in 2003 and Scraps album Self-Command in 2006. He appeared as sound engineer on the Bjesovi 2003 video release Live at KST, Belgrade May 31, 2003 and the Dog House EP October in 2004.
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In the last chapters, Elinor turns her "self-command" onto Marianne and her mother, leading her to tell Marianne she is an example to be followed, with Marianne saying that from now on, "my feelings shall be governed". Irvine wrote the novel never tells the reader what sort of books Elinor reads, but in the last chapters, Elinor's voice sounds remarkably like something out of the "conduct books" that were popular in the Regency England setting out the proper values for a young woman. Irvine noted that Austen did not entirely like the "conduct books", and it is doubtful she wanted a character who in the last chapters talks like a "conduct book" character to be representing her values.
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His mother proudly took him to England, but the Abbey was in an embarrassing state of disrepair and, rather than living there, she decided to lease it to Lord Grey de Ruthyn, among others, during Byron's adolescence. Described as "a woman without judgment or self-command," Catherine either spoiled and indulged her son or vexed him with her capricious stubbornness. Her drinking disgusted him and he often mocked her for being short and corpulent, which made it difficult for her to catch him to discipline him. Byron had been born with a deformed right foot; his mother once retaliated and, in a fit of temper, referred to him as "a lame brat.".
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Preston's early inclination for diplomacy was symptomatic of his character, which Fuller has summed as that of 'a perfect politician' apt 'to flutter most on that place which was furthest from his eggs'. He had 'great self-command, kept his own counsel, and was impervious to outside criticism'. Only to Ball does he seem to have frankly bared his mind, and Ball's admiring delineation of him furnishes a singular picture of cautious astuteness and constitutional reserve. It is clear that his heart was firmly set on the propagation of the Calvinistic theology; his posthumous works (edited by Richard Sibbes, John Davenport, Thomas Ball, and partly by Thomas Goodwin, D.D.) are a storehouse of argument in its favour.
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However, the novel tends to take Elinor's side and to describe events from her viewpoint more than it does Marianne's. Free indirect discourse is when a narrator summarizes what a character is thinking without the character speaking, and was often used by Austen to portray the workings of Elinor's mind. Austen used free indirect discourse in such way as to make the reader pay close attention to whatever statements in the novel were actually those of Elinor or the narrator, but overall leaves the reader with the impression that Elinor's views are the correct ones. Throughout the novel, Elinor subjects herself to relentless self-scrutiny and self-discipline, what she calls her "self-command", as to control her consciousness to accept only "certain thoughts and feelings".
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Ensign Campbell's conscientious devotion to duty and gallant self- command against formidable odds were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He was also awarded the Gold Star in lieu of the Second Navy Cross for service in New Guinea. The official Navy citation: : The Navy Cross is presented to Kendall C. Campbell (0-099660), Ensign, U.S. Navy (Reserve), for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service as Pilot of an airplane in Scouting Squadron FIVE (VF-5), embarked from the U.S.S. YORKTOWN (CV-5), in action against enemy Japanese forces near Salamaua and Lae, New Guinea, on 10 March 1942. Ensign Campbell pressed home, in the face of heavy anti-aircraft fire, a vigorous and determined dive bombing attack on enemy ships, making a direct hit on one hostile vessel.
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His conspicuous intrepidity was above and beyond the call of duty on these occasions. Commander Schindler's conscientious devotion to duty and gallant self-command against formidable odds were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. His Silver Star citation reads: :The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Commander Walter Gabriel Schindler, United States Navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as Gunnery Officer on the Staff of Task Force Commander for the first ten months of World War II. Schindler commanded the Cleveland-class light cruiser following the end of the war (from November 7, 1945 to July 24, 1946). He also served as chief of research for the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance, and chief of the U.S. naval mission in Chile.
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Hardly has she become conscious of this unexpected effect, than, in utmost fury at such incredible villainy, she rushes to door and window and calls the people in, to unmask the hypocrite to all the world. Already the whole crowd is pouring in to the judgment hall, when Friedrich's desperate self-command succeeds in convincing Isabella, by a few well-chosen phrases, of the impossibility of her attempt: he would simply deny her accusation, represent his offer as a means of detection, and certainly find credence if it came to any question of repudiating a charge of wanton insult. Isabella, ashamed and bewildered, recognises the madness of her thought, and succumbs to mute despair. But while Friedrich is displaying his utmost rigour afresh to the people, and delivering sentence on the prisoner, Isabella suddenly remembers the mournful fate of Marianne; like a lightning flash, she conceives the idea of gaining by stratagem what seems impossible through open force.
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Ajivika (Prakrit in the Brahmi script: 𑀆𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀺𑀓 Ādīvika, or 𑀆𑀚𑀻𑀯𑀺𑀓 Ājīvika, Sanskrit: आजीविक Ājīvika) is derived from Ajiva (Ājīva, आजीव) which literally means "livelihood, lifelong, mode of life".AjIvika Monier Williams Sanskrit English Dictionary, Cologne Sanskrit Digital Lexicon, GermanyA Hoernle, , Editor: James Hastings, Charles Scribner & Sons, Edinburgh, pages 259-268 The term Ajivika means "those following special rules with regard to Iivelihood", sometimes connoting "religious mendicants" in ancient Sanskrit and Pali texts. The name Ajivika for an entire philosophy resonates with its core belief in "no free will" and complete niyati, literally "inner order of things, self-command, predeterminism", leading to the premise that good simple living is not a means to salvation or moksha, just a means to true livelihood, predetermined profession and way of life.Jarl Charpentier (July 1913), Ajivika, The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Cambridge University Press, pages 669-674 The name came to imply that school of Indian philosophy which lived a good simple mendicant-like livelihood for its own sake and as part of its predeterministic beliefs, rather than for the sake of after-life or motivated by any soteriological reasons.
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