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There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness. When you're high it's tremendous. The ideas and…

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The quickness and flexibility of a well mind, a belief or hope that things will eventually sort themselves out-these are the resources…
I think wanting to write is a fundamental sign of disease and discomfort. I don't think people who are comfortable want to…
But then back on lithium and rotating on the planet at the same pace as everyone else, you find your credit is…
It was as if my father had given me, by way of temperament, an impossibly wild, dark, and unbroken horse. It was…
There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness. When you're high it's tremendous.…
When I am high I couldn't worry about money of I tried. So I don't. The money will come from from somewhere;…
Every seventeen minutes in America, someone commits suicide. Mostly, I have been impressed by how little value our society puts on saving…
I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that…
I have often asked myself whether, given the choice, I would choose to have manic-depressive illness. If lithium were not available to…
Others would say to me, 'It is only temporary, it will pass, you will get over it,' but of course they had…
Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and…
Anyone who suggests that coming back from suicidal despair is a straightforward journey has never taken it.

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Making love to your wife is like shooting at sitting ducks. — Groucho Marx
There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness. When you're high it's tremendous.… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Launching a breakthrough idea is like shooting skeet. People's needs change, so you must aim well ahead of the target to hit… — Ray Kurzweil
For most Builders, the journey is like shooting for the moon and instead hitting Mars-perhaps a better, but different outcome than envisioned.… — Jerry I. Porras
One time I considered making a video game about my life where people control a character called 'Zach Braff' and run around… — Zach Braff
Through the clouds of smoke I seemed to see all old Asia before me, and the adventures of past years behind me.… — Unknown Author
Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming. — B. C. Forbes
Being neurotic is like shooting fish in a barrel, and missing them. — Mignon McLaughlin
Working on 'Dexter' is like shooting one big movie every year. — David Zayas
Doing a sitcom is like doing a play - you rehearse for three or four days, and then you shoot what you… — James Belushi
Every episode of 'True Blood' is like shooting a low budget feature. — Christopher Heyerdahl
I'll be honest, I like shooting 'New Girl.' I like the people. The show is still new to me. I've never done… — Jake M. Johnson

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