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It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true…
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If creative work protects a man against mental illness, it is small wonder that he pursues it with avidity; and even if…
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All the world loves a lover, and a lover loves all the world.
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The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot…
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Had [Winston Churchill] been a stable and equable man, he could never have inspired the nation. In 1940, when all the odds…
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The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.
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In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes…
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Whether a belief is considered to be a delusion or not depends partly upon the intensity with which it is defended, and…
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The ecstatic state of wholeness is bound to be transient because it has no part in the total pattern of ‘adaptation through…
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It is a tragic paradox that the very qualities that have led to man's extraordinary capacity for success are also those most…
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Avoidance behavior is a response designed to protect the infant from behavioral disorganization. If we transfer this concept to adult life, we…
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If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.
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In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes…
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If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.
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At the age of eleven, I began Euclid, with my brother as my tutor. ... I had not imagined that there was…
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He gave me an inscrutable look that said maybe he would and maybe he wouldn't. Mister was a cat, and cats generally…
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Have you ever heard the phrase, Living well is the best revenge?" "Where I come from, someone's head in a bag is…
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I stopped the blade two inches before it touched Andrea’s neck. Because she was my best friend, and sticking knives into your…
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Poets, for example, are generally considered starry-eyed and sensitive, but only by those who have never encountered one.
— Craig Brown
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Sexual behavior was also generally considered off limits.
— Roger Mudd
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