"If the denial of death is self-hatred, as it is to deny our freedom and live in fear of death (which is to say, to live in a form of bondage), then the acceptance and affirmation of death is indeed a form of self-love. But I'd want to make a distinction between a form of self-love which is essential to what it means to be human, and a narcissism of self-regard, like Rousseau's distinction between amour de soi and amour propre, self-love and pride."

-- Simon Critchley

#Mean Quotes #Pride Quotes #Acceptance Quotes

“I'm an introspective person. I'm not an extrovert.”
“This modern mania for interfering in other's lives, usually under the guise of health and safety concerns, is highly irritating and counterproductive. Down with the nanny state.”
“That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.”
“Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts.”

Source : Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
“Families are the deepest, most screwed up relationships that we have.”

Source : "Antony Starr Talks BANSHEE, Comparing Season 1 to Season 2, Tough Shoots, Finding the Right Time to Provide Backstory, and Character Relationships". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 21, 2014.
“I have never wanted to go abroad before but you can never say never in football.”
“A sociopath can imitate emotions, where a psychopath really doesn't have that capacity. They can't fool people into thinking anything and they're usually lacking major empathy for anybody besides themselves.”
“On April 1, 1998, I launched Webmaster-Resources.com, and I remember that date specifically because it was the date that the price of a two-year domain name registration dropped from $100 to $70, and considering I was funding this out of my allowance, that $30 made all the difference.”

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