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Problem Quote by Harriet Lerner

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“What initially attracts us and what later becomes 'the problem' are usually one and the same.”

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The bolder and more courageous you are, the more you will learn about yourself.

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Underground issues from one relationship or context invariably fuel our fires in another.

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America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,…

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All of us are playing roles, and there's nothing wrong with playing roles because we have to live in this world - the problem…

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Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow.

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To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say…

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Every human creates his own problems. Problems are ones private property and we shouldnt meddle into them self-initiatively.

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