“I'll never miss a chance to remind you of what a brat you were. A gloriously beautiful and very spoiled brat. I… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and… — Michele Borba Copy Share Image
David Bowie emerged as a rock star in the late '60s. And as Ken Tucker wrote, "In the face of the hippy… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
[Pope Francis]sees a world in need of the Gospel, and of friendship with Jesus Christ, as an antidote to the self-absorption and… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
“I wonder at times if we're not all blind. It just seems there are an abundance of books unread, paint strokes not… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Bodybuilding is men on a stage in their underwear wearing brown paint showing other men their muscles. It is training for appearance… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Happiness lies outside yourself, is achieved through interacting with others. Self-forgetfulness should be one's goal, not self-absorption. The male, capable of only… — Valerie Solanas Copy Share Image
To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Self-absorption is always a temptation to young people, and if their religion is of a sort to add to this self-absorption, I… — Hannah Whitall Smith Copy Share Image
“You see, I think that you feel so sorry for yourself all the time, that you assume everyone else does too. And… — Jo Platt Copy Share Image
“She might have seen that what had bowed her head so profoundly - the thought of the world's concern at her situation… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
During adolescence imagination is boundless. The urge toward self-perfection is at its peak. And with all their self- absorption and personalized dreams… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
“All dharma teachings agree on one point—lessening one’s self-absorption” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
What might once have been called whining is now exalted as a process of asserting selfhood; self-absorption is regarded as a form… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
The stories that I want to tell are completely, well, somewhat autobiographical. It's completely based on my own self-absorption issues and problems. — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
Hopelessness sets in, when a man is bound up in his shame -- living small, within that closed horizon of fantasy and… — Andrew Comiskey Copy Share Image
“Selfishness is self-absorption, self-seeking behaviour that either disregards the rights and needs of others or tramples them deliberately in favour of personal… — Adelyn Birch Copy Share Image
Acting requires absorption, but not self-absorption and, in the actor's mind, the question must always be 'Why am I doing this?,' not… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a certain manner of self-absorption in speaking that always renders the speaker disagreeable. For it is as great a folly… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
The man who suffers from a sense of sin is suffering from a particular kind of self-love. In all this vast universe… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and… — Kevin Malarkey Copy Share Image
I admire self-awareness more than probably any other quality, and I think in terms of what qualities are "good" in a person,… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
“I am talking about self absorbtion. If you think about it, the human race is pretty self absorbed. Racism might be the… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“Witnessing the panoply of beauty in all of nature takes us out of our shell of self-absorption and makes us realize that… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Do not watch yourself too closely. Do not draw over-rapid conclusions from what is happening to you. Simply let it happen. Otherwise… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
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