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“A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: attention, discontent, disrespect, food-industry, food-service, inconsiderate, insecurity, king, labor, ordinary-people, restaurants, royalty, selfish, service, waiter, waitress

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“One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.”
― J. A. Konrath

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“It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: afraid, being-strong, burden, discernment, fear, guilt, insecure, insecurity, judgment, secrecy, secure, security, strength, strength-and-courage, strength-of-character, uncertainty

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“Surely it is the one who fears he is wrong who avoids criticism. The one who is sure he is right invites it. It only illuminates the strength of beliefs and makes them more available to others.”
― David L. Wolfe, Epistemology: The Justification of Belief

tags: confidence, criticism, insecurity

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“Plainly, this unwillingness to give ground even on unimportant disagreements is the symptom of some deepseated insecurity, as was my one-time fondness for making teasing remarks (which I amended when I read Anthony Powell's matter-of-fact observation that teasing is an unfailing sign of misery within) and as is my very pronounced impatience. The struggle, therefore, is to try and cultivate the virtuous side of these shortcomings: to be a genial host while only slightly whiffled, for example, or to be witty at the expense of one's own weaknesses instead of those of other people.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir

tags: insecurity, teasing

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