They were inner-directed, not needing outer ratification. From Wordnik.com. [The Inner Titan] Reference
The vast majority of people are not particularly inner-directed. From Wordnik.com. [The Happening (2008)] Reference
Many of the history's most dangerous dictators were "inner-directed.". From Wordnik.com. [Bush's Way or the Highway] Reference
When we were raising kids and driving carpool, we were more inner-directed. From Wordnik.com. [Tales from the trenches �� More election stories] Reference
He strikes me as rather inner-directed on the issues that really concern him. From Wordnik.com. [What Makes W. Tick?] Reference
"Cheney's quiet, inner-directed motivation is simply impervious to the attacks ...". From Wordnik.com. [Cheney named Conservative of the Year] Reference
Obama is an inner-directed man in a profession filled with insecure outer-directed ones. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: Logic Behind Vote For Obama Or Edwards Is Same As Logic Behind Vote For Bush] Reference
Here is a modern tale of an inner-directed sorcerer and an outer-directed sorcerer's apprentice ... a tale of. From Wordnik.com. [The Creature from Cleveland Depths] Reference
TAYLOR: I think he is different from a lot of politicians in that he responds to -- he's a very inner-directed man. From Wordnik.com. [See How They Run: Electing a President in an Age of Mediaocracy] Reference
He wasn't chilly, exactly, but for a politician he was astonishingly inner-directed, and that could make him seem remote. From Wordnik.com. [How He Did It] Reference
At least for these precious moments, even though I am furiously writing and editing, list-making and creating, I am also totally inner-directed. From Wordnik.com. [The Zen of Swimming] Reference
In the midst of his deep despair and aloneness, a door literally opened within him and his life subsequently became "inner-directed" rather than "outer-directed.". From Wordnik.com. [MY CONVERSATION WITH JOHN ENGLISH / A CELEBRATION OF LIFE] Reference
Even in the pre-credit card age of the Conestoga wagon, inner-directed rock-ribbed Republicans from Indiana would have grabbed a subprime loan to buy a home for their families. From Wordnik.com. [Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler: Narcissistic Night Sweats] Reference
And for all the power of Firth's inner-directed subtlety, it is surely true that there are few stars who occupy such a clear place in the mind of the cinema-going public as Grant does. From Wordnik.com. [Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, the screen's leading Englishmen at 50] Reference
Riesman made the suburbs the prime locale of those who sacrificed their “inner-directed” opportunities in order to be “other-directed” by the prevailing manners and mores of their community. From Wordnik.com. [Suburbs of Our Discontent] Reference
He reprimanded Dylan for departing from his roots as a politically motivated singer, writing in 1964 that the folk star's "new songs seem to be all inner-directed now, inner-probing, self-conscious.". From Wordnik.com. [Irwin Silber dies at 84; founder of Sing Out! magazine helped spark folk revival] Reference
As phenomenologists have known for more than a century, discovering the structure of conscious experience demands a rigorous inner-directed stance that is quite unlike our everyday form or self-awareness. From Wordnik.com. [Consciousness] Reference
"Self-assured" and "the most inner-directed man on the globe" are one way to put it -- the courtier's way, the way of the columnist eager to defend the indefensible and desperate for something nice to say. From Wordnik.com. [Ellis Weiner: Our Mister Brooks] Reference
Brooks has declared that Obama would be a better President than Hillary, less partisan, less divisive, less self-absorbed: Obama is an inner-directed man in a profession filled with insecure outer-directed ones. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
To listen to, I prefer inner-directed, artist-sourced music. From Wordnik.com. [Fingertips Music] Reference
In a world of mentor magnets and eager-to-please climbers, he is relentlessly inner-directed. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Says Maureen: "Here is a modern tale of an inner-directed sorcerer and an outer-directed sorcerer's apprentice … a tale of - THE CREATURE FROM CLEVELAND DEPTHS". From Wordnik.com. [SFFaudio] Reference
In short, the community-building projects of our inner-directed forefathers were merely a byproduct of their faith rather than a mandatory or analytic consequence of it. From Wordnik.com. [AFF Doublethink Online] Reference
The editor attacked the new material as "all inner-directed now, inner-probing, self-conscious -- maybe even a little maudlin or a little cruel on occasion," and added that. From Wordnik.com. [Variety.com] Reference
I never moved in those circles, and have wondered just how singularly self-posessed one would have to be to not raise such questions in their polite, inner-directed society. From Wordnik.com. [rabble.ca - News for the rest of us] Reference
"It ought to please you that society still has a use for you outre inner-directed types. From Wordnik.com. [The Creature from Cleveland Depths] Reference
Complained in an open letter to Dylan that his new songs were "all inner-directed now, inner probing, self-conscious.". From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
The question is one of focus, other-directed vs inner-directed in Maslow’s terminology, though that differs from Jung in some aspects. From Wordnik.com. [Jung and Easily Freudened] Reference
This is the most inner-directed man on the globe. From Wordnik.com. [Ellis Weiner: Our Mister Brooks] Reference
The inner-directed type gets his full panoply of values directly and entirely from their "parents and other authorities. From Wordnik.com. [AFF Doublethink Online] Reference
Full of mumbo-jumbo about "inner-directed" and. From Wordnik.com. [This Crowded Earth] Reference
They are self-managed and inner-directed. From Wordnik.com. [Evolutionary Leadership] Reference
You have other-directed, inner-directed and traditional-directed people. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Kenneth Iverson, June 11, 1999. Interview I-0083. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
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