"The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation."

-- Criss Jami

#Ego Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno.”
“The principal thing is the question of how our culture views age: that old is ugly Just think of Rodin, how he dealt with people of all ages. I have the feeling that I'm alive, I have a body I can make it extremely interesting. That keeps me alive and vital. It's a kind of process of energizing myself by my belief that the classical tradition of art that we've inherited from the Greeks is a load of bullshit.”
“Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise.”
“He said, 'Yeah, but will I get chicks? In truckloads?”
“My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.”

Source : "Rainn Wilson Interview - THE ROCKER". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. August 19, 2008.
“She hated the implied familiarity when customers requested things from her by name...”
“I live without regrets. There are certain things I have done, mistakes that I made, that I would change, but I don't regret them at all, because I've learnt from them.”
“[On whether she would want daughter Tricia to marry a politician:] I would feel sorry for her if she did.”

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