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The quote says self-respect begins when a person takes ownership of their own choices and consequences. It suggests that respecting yourself depends on being accountable for your life rather than avoiding that responsibility.
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Source
"On Self-Respect", in Slouching Towards Bethlehem
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Originally said in English.
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Listed with a cited source on Wikiquote: "On Self-Respect", in Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
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About Joan Didion
American writer and journalist
Joan Didion was an American writer and journalist. She is known as one of the figures associated with New Journalism. Her work is linked with the movement that brought literary techniques into reporting, alongside writers such as Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe. Her writing is often remembered for that journalistic style and for the influence she had on modern nonfiction.
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