self-respecting

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No self-respecting US presidential candidate enters the race without a memoir, and Vance's new book is his second published work, following his bestselling "Hillbilly Elegy" in 2016.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

"All self-respecting captains go down with their ships," James Watt declared in his finance memoir Business for Punks in 2015.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Many of them, Losey said, assume the insects must be a different bug altogether, since “no self-respecting ladybug would come into my house.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

When I’m dreaming up new oatmeal combinations, I start where any self-respecting hedonist would: the jam aisle of a fancy little corner store.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

“That man is a discredit to all our kind. How long has it been this way? Kings and queens can squabble for land, but no self-respecting outlaw says he owns the sea.”

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee