Allan, is it a self-fulfilling prophecy, in a sense?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: How Can People Avoid Getting Mauled by the Bear Market? - March 20, 2001] Reference
And sometimes it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2009] Reference
So, you understand how this becomes self-fulfilling. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2008] Reference
And these attitudes create self-fulfilling prophecies. From Wordnik.com. [It's Time To Do As Daddy Did] Reference
We let our bad attitude be a self-fulfilling prophecy. From Wordnik.com. [We do not make the most of situations] Reference
KING: Senator Wellstone, is it self-fulfilling prophecy?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2001] Reference
KING: In other words, it was a self-fulfilling prophecy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2005] Reference
In economics, confidence is a self-fulfilling proposition. From Wordnik.com. [THE GERMANS: A LOT LIKE US] Reference
And confidence yields huge dividends and is self-fulfilling. From Wordnik.com. [AMID DISASTER, NEW CONFIDENCE] Reference
Electability is nothing more than a self-fulfilling prophecy. From Wordnik.com. [Reich's Reprimand] Reference
It's so incestuous and self-fulfilling of a prophesy, isn't it?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2003] Reference
NGUYEN: Sometimes positivity is what, a self-fulfilling prophecy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2008] Reference
That is because those views often become self-fulfilling prophecies. From Wordnik.com. [Fed Must Beware Public's Deflationary Mindset] Reference
For one thing, their timorous anxiety is likely to be self-fulfilling. From Wordnik.com. [The Dropout Democrats] Reference
So, in that sense, it is self-fulfilling and it does make it relevant. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2007] Reference
Unless such deflationary psychology is broken, it becomes self-fulfilling. From Wordnik.com. [Wrong Turn on Housing] Reference
In the 1970s and early 1980s, the wage-price spiral became self-fulfilling. From Wordnik.com. [THE BIG NEWS THAT WE MISS] Reference
Islamic fundamentalism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: Iran, Algeria. From Wordnik.com. [Mothers Vs. Mullahs] Reference
Ironically, the belief that personality cannot change may be self-fulfilling. From Wordnik.com. [When DNA is Not Destiny] Reference
This has become a self-fulfilling prophecy, a really, a circular type of thing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 22, 2004] Reference
What's wrong with this vision is that it's neither inevitable or self-fulfilling. From Wordnik.com. [The Phantom Superpower?] Reference
The foreboding could become self-fulfilling, if it paralyzes people and companies. From Wordnik.com. [The Erosion Of Confidence] Reference
This last claim sounds like one of Milosevic's notorious self-fulfilling prophecies. From Wordnik.com. [Behind Serbia's Prison Walls] Reference
If Israel keeps it up, that insistence may well turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Siegman: Is Israel's Legitimacy Under Challenge?] Reference
A self-fulfilling prophecy isn't the cause of obesity, but it may help to maintain it. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Susan Albers: Proposing an Image Makeover for Obesity News] Reference
This idea that managers get better with age, though, might be somewhat self-fulfilling. From Wordnik.com. [Trust the Wisdom of Older Managers] Reference
The United States should not create a self-fulfilling prophecy of a conflict with China. From Wordnik.com. [India Rising] Reference
But the problem with this self-fulfilling Manichaean vision is that it can wear people out. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: McCain's Moment] Reference
BROWN: And when this negativity and the infighting could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2008] Reference
"I was told I was clumsy as a child and it became a self-fulfilling prophecy," says one mom. From Wordnik.com. [Tv's Spock Flock] Reference
Do you see it as a case of the hawks trying to make the war into a self-fulfilling prophesy?. From Wordnik.com. [Targeting Saddam] Reference
I certainly hope and pray this is no self-fulfilling prophesy but rather a wake-up call to her. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2008] Reference
BLITZER: It almost has a self-fulfilling prophecy, that kind of negative attitude in the region. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2007] Reference
Soros himself has an impeccable record of unashamedly profiting from making self-fulfilling prophecies. From Wordnik.com. [Capitalism Anew?, Soros On The Global Economy, Fi] Reference
But he does have a serious public-relations problem, and in Washington appearances can become self-fulfilling. From Wordnik.com. [The Victim Of His Virtues] Reference
self-fulfilling prophecy: As I've written in previous articles, indexing is becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. From Wordnik.com. [The Myths Of Oz] Reference
If that trend plays out it seems likely to create a self-fulfilling, vicious cycle -- and a downward economic spiral. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Ford: Soaring Corporate Profits v. An Ailing Economy -- Is it Sustainable?] Reference
That matters because belief in the power of a medical treatment can be self-fulfilling (that's the basis of the placebo effect). From Wordnik.com. [The Depressing News About Antidepressants] Reference
This is how stock-market collapses and currency depreciations (and the fear of them) feed on each other and can become self-fulfilling. From Wordnik.com. [Global Boom And Bust?] Reference
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