"The need is not to amputate the ego ... but to transcend it."

-- Norman Cousins

#Ego Quotes #Needs Quotes

“But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me.”

Source : "Jane Lynch on How She Almost Wreck-It Ralph -ed Her Career". Interview with Jim Hill, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 2, 2012.
“I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast.”
“It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don't think it will come back.”
“There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who gives utterance to the most natural and vehement outburst of sorrow. Those who hear the bitter cry are as much impressed as if they listened to an entire poem, and when th sufferer is sincere they are right in regarding his outburst as sublime.”
“Love between the ugly, is the most beautiful love of all”

Source : Song: Does Anybody Love You?, Album: A Wizard, A True Star, 1973
“"Painters and poets," you say, "have always had an equal license in bold invention." We know; we claim the liberty for ourselves and in turn we give it to others.”
“In total acceptance, almost everything becomes a revelation.”
“I'm not going to retire because I want the money. We want honest athletes, but at the same time, you're going to have people saying, 'He's so greedy. He's made X amount of money, and he has to take that last little bit.' Yes, I do have to take that last little bit. I'm sorry if that is frustrating to some, but if they were in my shoes, they would do exactly the same thing.”

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