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In sum, doubling is the psychological means by which one invokes the evil potential of the self. That evil is neither inherent in the self…

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I never quite envisioned myself a proper doctor under that white coat, but I was interested in the idea of healing and…
Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took pride in combating the traditional or orthodox…
But when I went to Hiroshima and began to study or just listen to people's descriptions of their work, it was quite…
In sum, doubling is the psychological means by which one invokes the evil potential of the self. That evil is neither inherent…
And I was troubled by the heavy-handed prose of so much psychoanalytic writing, which seemed drowned in its own concepts.
And I managed to arrange to get some research support and to stay in Hong Kong for another year and a half,…
Sometimes its said that psychiatrists are doctors who are frightened by the sight of blood. I might have fallen into that category.
I learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their own war.
David Frankfurter's valuable, well-written study takes us to the far reaches of demonology. In documenting the harm done by labeling others evil,…
Every adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated at any time by these weapons that…
One reason that I embarked on a study of Nazi doctors was that in this personal journey, I had the feeling increasingly…
As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were…

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We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is… — Margaret Thatcher
A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time… — Jack Valenti
In sum, doubling is the psychological means by which one invokes the evil potential of the self. That evil is neither inherent… — Robert Jay Lifton
One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection. — Madeleine M. Kunin
To the extent that one is responsible for one's life, one is alone. — Irvin D. Yalom
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One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we… — James A. Baldwin
I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained; I stand and look at… — Walt Whitman
Her hands quieted. "Yeah. Because even if the law says that no one is responsible for anyone else, helping someone who needs… — Jodi Picoult
The purpose that you wish to find in life, like a cure you seek, is not going to fall from the sky.… — Michael J. Fox
It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death-- ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death… — James A. Baldwin
No one is responsible for your rotten life, but everyone is with you, when you have good days — Ritu Ghatourey

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