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“There are certain bad habits we've groomed our whole life -- from personality flaws to fashion faux pas. And it has been the role of parents and friends, outside of some minor tweaking, to reinforce the belief that we're okay just as we are. But it's not enough to just be yourself. You have to be your best self. And that's a tall order if you haven't found your best self yet.”
― The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
― The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
“I did not myself know what I wanted: I feared life, desired to escape from it, yet still hoped something of it.”
― A Confession
― A Confession
“Even when “both sides” are presented in the media, seldom are the reasons for each side presented.”
― The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
― The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
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“No one is coming to save you; no one is coming to make life right for you; no one is coming to solve your problems. If you don’t do something, nothing is going to get better. The dream of a rescuer who will deliver us may offer a kind of comfort, but it leaves us passive and powerless. We may feel if only I suffer long enough, if only I yearn desperately enough, somehow a miracle will happen, but this is the kind of self-deception one pays for with one’s life as it drains away into the abyss of unredeemable possibilities and irretrievable days, months, decades.”
― Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
― Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
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