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Person Quotes by Alice Miller
- Child abuse damages a person for life and that damage is in no way diminished by the ignorance of the perpetrator. It is only with…
- People who, as children, were intellectually far beyond their parents and therefore admired by them, but who also therefore had to solve their own problems…
- Sadism is not an infectious disease that strikes a person all of a sudden. It has a long prehistory in childhood and always originates in…
- The achievement of freedom is hardly possible without the felt mourning. This ability to mourn, i.e, to give up the illusion of a happy childhood,…
- Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn…
- It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that…
- The grandiose person is never really free; first because he is excessively dependent on admiration from others, and second, because his self-respect is dependent on…
- The art of not experiencing feelings. A child can experience her feelings only when there is somebody there who accepts her fully, understands her, and…
- One of the best ways of keeping your temper in an argument, as most of us know only too well, is not to listen to…
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- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? — Richard Bach
- The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong
- A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear… — Lance Armstrong
- As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch… — Darren Aronofsky
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
- Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not… — Mary Kay Ash
- Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
- A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. — Arthur Ashe