"It is fateful and ironic how the lie we need in order to live dooms us to a life that is never really ours."

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Source : Ernest Becker (2007). “The Denial of Death”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

Ernest Becker

#Lying Quotes #Order Quotes #Ironic Quotes

“I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.”

Source : Harry S. Truman, Ralph Keyes (1995). “Wit and wisdom of Harry Truman”, Harpercollins
“I never really thought we'd fitted into the cross-over drawer. But I think the real Sugar Ray fans did like us because we always had variety and because we experimented a lot.”
“Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention.”
“Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.”
“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.”
“David Mamet we all know is a great screenplay writer and playwright and a great director. If you like him, you like him. If you hate him, you really hate him. He's someone who's into controversy, you know what I mean? That's David Mamet.”
“Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is.”

Source : Norman Cousins (2016). “Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration”, p.17, Open Road Media
“I am sorry we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparative theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents.”

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