Problem Quotes
11076 quotes by 5908 authors
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Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large.…
— Daniel Goleman
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The problem with human attraction is not knowing if it will be returned.
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
— Nhat Hanh
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I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating.
— Neil Gaiman
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As I go clowning my sentimental way into eternity, wrestling with all my problems of estrangement and communion, sincerity and simulation, ambition and acquiescence, I…
— Stephen Fry
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One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring…
— Albert Einstein
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It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all…
— Anne Lamott
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If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve them.
— Saul Alinsky
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A photograph of a woman crying tells me nothing about grief. Or a photograph of a woman ecstatic tells me nothing about ecstasy. What is…
— Duane Michals
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I am about to impart to you the sacred words my father gave to me. It’s the five responses that will get you out of…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I feel that we should stop wasting our time trying to please the supernatural and concentrate on improving the welfare of human beings. I think…
— Ruth Hurmence Green
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Houses are cellular walls; they keep our problems from bleeding into everyone else's.
— Jodi Picoult
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The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar.
— Michel de Montaigne
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Well, the problem is, it's not easy for me to think of ways to improve myself, because I'm pretty much one of the best people…
— Jeff Kinney
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It was one thing to make a mistake; it was another thing to keep making it. I knew what happened when you let yourself get…
— Jodi Picoult
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I heard you've been having some problems with your girlfriend." Headmistress Northcutt says. "No," I say. "Not at all." Audrey broke up with me after…
— Holly Black
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You were supposed to empathize with your friend's problem, but they were, after all, your friend's problems...
— Christopher Moore
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That's what I love about Aibileen, she can take the most complicated things in life and wrap them up so small and simple, they'll fit…
— Kathryn Stockett
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I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
— Andrew Carnegie
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Greg starts a middle school and asks: Why is "bullies" such a big PROBLEM? And says people need to shave twice a day.
— Jeff Kinney
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