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Play Quotes by Sigmund Freud
- Innately, children seem to have little true realistic anxiety. They will run along the brink of water, climb on the window sill, play with sharp…
- There is little that gives children greater pleasure than when a grown-up lets himself down to their level, renounces his oppressive superiority and plays with…
- A piece of creative writing, like a day-dream, is a continuation of, and a substitute for, what was once the play of childhood.
- The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.
- I cannot face with comfort the idea of life without work; work and the free play of the imagination are for me the same thing,…
- Sublimation of instinct is an especially conspicuous feature of cultural development; it is what makes it possible for higher psychical activities, scientific, artistic or ideological,…
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- Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke. — Arthur Ashe
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- I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just… — Margaret Atwood
- Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of… — Saint Augustine
- I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly. — Paul Auster
- I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter… — Dan Aykroyd
- I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him. — Jensen Ackles
- It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and… — Johann Sebastian Bach
- I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father. — Amitabh Bachchan