Mills was a self-made man who descended from a family of Scotch-English ancestry. |
His father was a self-made rich peasant, hard-working and frugal, narrowed rather than broadened in mind by his hard-won success. |
In contrast to the Gracchus brothers, Marius was a self-made man with no aristocratic background. |
An autopoietic system is basically a self-made and self-sustaining ensemble. |
Stanley was a self-made man who raised himself from poverty to success through his technical skills. |
A typical resident of the floating apartment ship is aged between 50 and 60 with a self-made fortune. |