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Although psychology and pedagogy have always maintained the belief that a child is a happy being without any conflicts, and have assumed that the sufferings… — Melanie Klein
Psychics exploit the human beings' natural desire that longs for something higher. … The same way a pimp exploits the natural desire to be with… — Christine O'Donnell
Men who have slandered the opposite sex have usually known women who were cleverer and more virtuous than they are. — Christine de Pizan
Simple and more frequent dates allow both men and women to ‘shop around’ in a way that allows extensive evaluation of the prospects. The old-fashioned… — Dallin H. Oaks
My single young friends, we counsel you to channel your associations with the opposite sex into dating patterns that have the potential to mature into… — Dallin H. Oaks
Do not worry! Earthly goods deceive the human heart into believing that they give it security and freedom from worry. But in truth, they are… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
A certain similarity exists, although the type evolves, between all the women we love, a similarity that is due to the fixity of our own… — Marcel Proust
The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe that bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and… — Martin Seligman
I'm intrigued by how ordinary behavior exists so close beside its opposite. — Richard Ford
There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other… — C.S. Lewis
The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is… — James P. Hogan
The opposite of heterosexual desire is the eroticising of sameness, a sameness of power, equality and mutuality. It is homosexual desire. — Sheila Jeffreys
The reason they're called the opposite sex is because every time you think you have your wife fooled - it's just the opposite! — Walter Winchell
I'll tell you what you need to be a great scientist. You don't have to be able understand very complicated things. It's just the opposite.… — Unknown Author
Only the scenario writers are exempt. These are tied between the tails of two spirited Caucasian ponies, which are then driven off in opposite directions.… — S. J. Perelman
Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point. — Henry Mintzberg
The more we are committed to believing that something is true, the less likely we are to believe that its opposite is true, even in… — Marshall Goldsmith
It is usual to think of good and evil as two poles, two opposite directions, the antithesis of one another...We must begin by doing away… — Martin Buber
What we do in our group is the opposite of the bad effects of globalization. We produce in Italy and in France and we sell… — Bernard Arnault
... once we played at the Fillmore opposite The Cream. Eric Clapton was there and he played his ass off that night ... backstage Michael… — Barry Goldberg
The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment. — Andrew Solomon
I was brought up to believe that a person must be rescued when drowning, regardless of religion and nationality. The term ‘hero’ irritates me greatly… — Irena Sendler
As more and more people wake up to the fact that further growth does not necessarily bring improvements in quality of life (and often exactly… — Jonathon Porritt
You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block opposite your house. — Renzo Piano
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say. — Abba Eban

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