"In our civilization, men are afraid that they……" — Theodor Reik
"In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women."
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20 Quotes by Theodor Reik
Theodor Reik has 20 quotes on this site.
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Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.
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No person loving or admiring himself is alone.
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The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could…
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Women see through each other, but they rarely look into themselves.
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Romance fails us and so do friendships, but the relationship of parent and child, less noisy than all the others,…
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Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men
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Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in…
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He [Freud] often said three things were impossible to fulfill completely; healing, education, governing. He limited his goals in analytic…
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The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.
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In our civilization men are afraid they will not be man enough, and women are afraid that they might be…
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Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.
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We are all in a race for dear life: that is to say, we are fugitives from death.
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
— Jane Austen
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
— Teresa of Avila
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
— Kevin Bacon
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most…
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I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm…
— Amy Adams
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
— Lucille Ball
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
— Lucille Ball
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
— Brigitte Bardot
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
— Dave Barry
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
— Lynda Barry
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