"I have never known a patient to portray his parents more negatively than he actually experienced them in childhood but always more positively--because idealization of his parents was essential for his survival."

-- Alice Miller

#Childhood Quotes #Parent Quotes #Survival Quotes

“I even believe in helping an employer function more productively. For then, we will have a claim to higher wages, shorter hours, and greater participation in the benefits of running a smooth industrial machine.”
“Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word - even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.”
“I love fashion week. It has great energy and vibe.”
“The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning.”

Source : Gerry Spence (1999). “Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century”, p.151, Macmillan
“As long as we have to administer the law we must do so according to the law as it is. We are not here to make the law.”
“I think the responsibility of pop stars is to liberate the masses. In that everyone can be whatever they wanna be. You can march to your own beat. It's so hard sometimes in our country because conformity is the way things are pushed.”
“Historically, a successful life in comedy is a dream that's as equally pondered and unpursued as being an astronaut.”
“Young normal tigers do not eat people. If eaten by a tiger you may rest assured he was abnormal.”

Source : Will Cuppy, P. G. Wodehouse (2005). “How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes”, p.107, David R. Godine Publisher

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