Itself
pronoun
Used to emphasize that a particular thing is the one involved or being referred to.
The city itself is lovely
Often appears as...
- the city itself
- the system itself
pronoun
Used to show that the action done is by the subject and no one or nothing else.
The cat cleaned itself
Often appears as...
- the cat cleaned itself
- the machine switched itself off
pronoun
Used to emphasize the singularity or uniqueness of a thing.
The miracle itself was amazing
Often appears as...
- the miracle itself
- the experience itself
pronoun
Used to suggest a self-evident statement or fact.
The painting itself proves his talent
Often appears as...
- the painting itself proves
- the fact itself suggests
pronoun
Used to emphasize that a particular thing is the one involved or being referred to.
The city itself is lovely
Often appears as...
- the city itself
- the system itself
pronoun
Used to show that the action done is by the subject and no one or nothing else.
The cat cleaned itself
Often appears as...
- the cat cleaned itself
- the machine switched itself off
pronoun
Used to emphasize the singularity or uniqueness of a thing.
The miracle itself was amazing
Often appears as...
- the miracle itself
- the experience itself
pronoun
Used to suggest a self-evident statement or fact.
The painting itself proves his talent
Often appears as...
- the painting itself proves
- the fact itself suggests
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Stress Importance
Use 'itself' to stress the importance or centrality of the object in a situation.
The agreement itself was the breakthrough.
Pro Tip 2/2Clarifying Focus
Choose 'itself' to clarify that you are talking about the thing alone and not related entities.
The painting itself drew the crowds, not the artist's fame.
Pro Tip 1/2Stress Importance
Use 'itself' to stress the importance or centrality of the object in a situation.
The agreement itself was the breakthrough.
Pro Tip 2/2Clarifying Focus
Choose 'itself' to clarify that you are talking about the thing alone and not related entities.
The painting itself drew the crowds, not the artist's fame.
Pro Tip 1/2Stress Importance
Use 'itself' to stress the importance or centrality of the object in a situation.
The agreement itself was the breakthrough.
Pro Tip 2/2Clarifying Focus
Choose 'itself' to clarify that you are talking about the thing alone and not related entities.
The painting itself drew the crowds, not the artist's fame.
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Questions No One Knows...
that life is ultimately just complex patterns of information interacting with each other in a beautiful way, and that that can happen more efficiently at a small scale. So, just as on Earth, clunky stereo systems have shrunk to beautiful, tiny iPods, maybe intelligent life itself, in order to reduce its footprint on the environment,
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Why do people get so...
that helps you organize the information you need to complete a task. Worrying about being able to solve math problems, or not doing well on a test, eats up working memory, leaving less of it available to tackle the math itself. People can suddenly struggle with even basic math skills,
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What is bipolar...
Healthy brains maintain strong connections between neurons thanks to the brain's continuous efforts to prune itself and remove unused or faulty neural connections. This process is important because our neural pathways serve as a map for everything we do.
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
also emphasizes the worldliness of the merchant class, and the pearl itself, a symbol of wealth, is actually an exaggeration. Vermeer couldn't have afforded a real pearl of its size. It was likely just a glass or tin drop varnished to look like a pearl.
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Rethinking infidelity...
But the truth is that I have noticed that quite a lot of people who have affairs may feel terribly guilty for hurting their partner, but they don't feel guilty for the experience of the affair itself. And that distinction is important.
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Who were the Vestal...
She's worried that someday the state will claim her life for its own purposes to protect itself from danger. Licinia could be accused of incestum, meaning unchastity, at any time and be sacrificed whether she's innocent or guilty.
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Octopus Kills Shark PIPE...
what the aquarium folks are thinking is that the octopus can use its ability to camouflage itself as protection and if that doesn't work it has the strength to fight off the shark or at least dash to
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Pigeon vs Peregrine...
This peregrine is still young and just learning that speed by itself isn't always enough. It must raise its game.
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Joe Smith: How to use a...
Shake. Fold. Cuts itself. Fold. The fold is important
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Stories that tell...
focus on helping each story tell itself thank you
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Questions No One Knows...
that life is ultimately just complex patterns of information interacting with each other in a beautiful way, and that that can happen more efficiently at a small scale. So, just as on Earth, clunky stereo systems have shrunk to beautiful, tiny iPods, maybe intelligent life itself, in order to reduce its footprint on the environment,
Video examples
Why do people get so...
that helps you organize the information you need to complete a task. Worrying about being able to solve math problems, or not doing well on a test, eats up working memory, leaving less of it available to tackle the math itself. People can suddenly struggle with even basic math skills,
Video examples
What is bipolar...
Healthy brains maintain strong connections between neurons thanks to the brain's continuous efforts to prune itself and remove unused or faulty neural connections. This process is important because our neural pathways serve as a map for everything we do.
Video examples
Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
also emphasizes the worldliness of the merchant class, and the pearl itself, a symbol of wealth, is actually an exaggeration. Vermeer couldn't have afforded a real pearl of its size. It was likely just a glass or tin drop varnished to look like a pearl.
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
But the truth is that I have noticed that quite a lot of people who have affairs may feel terribly guilty for hurting their partner, but they don't feel guilty for the experience of the affair itself. And that distinction is important.
Video examples
Who were the Vestal...
She's worried that someday the state will claim her life for its own purposes to protect itself from danger. Licinia could be accused of incestum, meaning unchastity, at any time and be sacrificed whether she's innocent or guilty.
Video examples
Octopus Kills Shark PIPE...
what the aquarium folks are thinking is that the octopus can use its ability to camouflage itself as protection and if that doesn't work it has the strength to fight off the shark or at least dash to
Video examples
Pigeon vs Peregrine...
This peregrine is still young and just learning that speed by itself isn't always enough. It must raise its game.
Video examples
Joe Smith: How to use a...
Shake. Fold. Cuts itself. Fold. The fold is important
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Stories that tell...
focus on helping each story tell itself thank you
Example 1 of 10
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John Wayne
American Actor
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!
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Henry Miller
American Author
Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing.
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Jack London
American Novelist
Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.
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Werner Herzog
German Director
The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
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John Wayne
American Actor
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!
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Henry Miller
American Author
Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing.
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Jack London
American Novelist
Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.
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Werner Herzog
German Director
The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
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