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To injure another person through atonement is one of the most subtle devices of the neurotic, as when, for example, he indulges in self-accusations. — Alfred Adler
I think no more than a week after I started writing I ran into the first block. It's hard to describe it in a way… — Tennessee Williams
An innings of neurotic violence, of eccentric watchfulness, of brainless impetuosity and incontinent savagery - it was an extraordinary innings, a masterpiece and it secured… — Simon Barnes
Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding; striving for perfection--in… — Ed Bliss
It is not the delicate neurotic person who is prone to angina, but the robust, the vigorous in mind and body, the keen and ambitious… — William Osler
A lot of people do what we call neurotic things in order to repair their childhood. — Laura Schlessinger
All Dickens's humour couldn't save Dickens, save him from his overcrowded life, its sordid and neurotic central tragedy and its premature collapse. But Dickens's humour,… — Stephen Leacock
I'm self-loathing, introverted, and neurotic. — Megan Fox
Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task… — Anatole France
Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend… — Sigmund Freud
I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself,… — Elizabeth Gilbert
To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it. — William Glasser
When I was a teenager, if anyone recognized me for anything I did, it would ruin my day. I couldn't handle it. It was some… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
It's a very complex scenario, and certainly Dave was, and is, not the only person in Pearl Jam with personality flaws. Everybody in this band… — Stone Gossard
And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic… — Jenna Elfman
I'm sure acting is a deeply neurotic thing to do. — Ralph Fiennes
I'm afraid of making a mistake. I'm not totally neurotic, but I'm pretty neurotic about it. I'm as close to totally neurotic as you can… — Bridget Fonda
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. — Robert A. Heinlein
We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads. It is considered unhealthy in America to remember… — Lillian Hellman
My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to… — James Earl Jones
A culture in which guilt is automatically assumed to be neurotic and unhealthy has devised a remarkably clever way of protecting its self-interest. — Jonathan Kozol
I am not writing to try and convert people to fundamental Christianity. I am just trying to share my experience, strength and hope, that someone… — Anne Lamott
A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the… — Jerome Lawrence
I tried, after I wrote 'Twilight,' to read 'The Historian,' because it was the big thing that summer. But I can't read other people's vampires.… — Stephenie Meyer
Going out with other actors is never good; actresses are neurotic, and actors are horrendous egotists. — Chris O'Dowd

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