Insecurity Quotes

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The search for safety takes its clearest form... in the compulsive-obsessive neurosis... to frantically order and stabilize the world so that no unmanageable, unexpected or… — Abraham Maslow
We want to know. If we don't know, we don't feel safe, we don't feel secure. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Creative people... are distinguished by the fact that they can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity,… — Rollo May
It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which… — Stephen Bayley
Parents can be very influential in designing those little creepy-crawlers that jump around in your mind for the rest of your life. It's the fear… — Kim Basinger
I'm walking insecurity. Without all this makeup, I look like a refugee when I get up in the morning.... I generally look like one major… — Connie Chung
I became disconnected from the childlike play that art could be. I spent so much time fearing I wasn't good enough that I lost the… — Elisabeth Shue
I still have pretty much the same fears I had as a kid. I'm not sure I'd want to give them up; a lot of… — Steven Spielberg
I think my greatest insecurity would just be standing in the middle of the room and having everyone watching me thinking that's what I want.… — Neve Campbell
The first thing that any good artist has to develop is a sense of independence from the artworld. What really destroys a young artist is… — Jeff Koons
Shedding the carapace we have been building so assiduously on the surface, we must by definition give up exactly what we thought was necessary to… — David Whyte
Sometimes I wake up at night and go, 'Oh, damn! Here we go again! What were they thinking? They gave me this role; don't they… — Renee Zellweger
I used to have this dream that somebody was knocking at my door. I'd say 'Who is it?' and they'd answer 'Police.' I'd open the… — Leslie Nielsen
When a difficult situation comes into your life, it is possible to tune in to your mind and say, ?Okay, choose.? Are you going to… — Susan Jeffers
Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle… — Robert Genn
Of course, one of the main legitimate functions of thought has always been to help provide security, guaranteeing shelter and food for instance. However, this… — David
Suspense-is Hostiler than Death-Death- tho soever Broad, Is just Death, and cannot increase- Suspense-does not conclude-. — Emily Dickinson
We hide in relationships. We hide in material possessions. We hide in ambitions, secret desires, hates, frustrations, jealousy, self-ptiy, in our insecurity - and more… — Frederick Lenz
Bullies often act out by marshaling aggression to cover up for insecurity. — Amy Dickinson
Inside it drives me crazy, my insecurities could eat me alive. — Eminem

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