Quotes
Authors
Oliver Burkeman

"Reassurance can actually exacerbate anxiety: when you reassure your friend that the worst-case scenario he fears probably won't occur, you inadvertently reinforce his belief that it would be catastrophic if it did. You are tightening the coil of his anxiety, not loosening it. All to often, the Stoics point out, things will not turn out for the best."

Source : "Happiness is a glass half empty" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2012.

Oliver Burkeman

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“As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances.”
“Since the gangsters are glamorized, by extension the women they sleep with are also necessarily glamorous.”
“Halfway measures are not enough.”
“I love knowing and learning about people around the world displaying my art online. Also, it's how I learn about new artists that are in various parts of the world. The positive thing about Tumblr and Instagram is that they're a fantastic platform for art lovers. I also like, when I search for my art and it says, "see also or related artists," and I see those other artists that relate to me, at least according to the internet. I think it's fascinating - it's interesting to see hashtags people are using in relation to my work. It's another tool of communication.”
“I was in New York last Christmas - it's snowing; there's a guy in a t-shirt. I'm like, 'Dude, aren't you cold?' 'No, I'm from New York. I don't get cold.' Just 'cause you're from a cold place doesn't mean you're genetically predisposed to not feeling cold. You're not a penguin. I was like, 'In fact, sir, you're Puerto Rican, so if anything, you should be more cold.”
“People laugh to forget their troubles, and to forget their troubles they like to look at people who aren't doing better than they are.”
“I will tell you one other thing about money: when you don't have it, it sure as hell affects the quality of people's health, and their relationships. And paper money isn't even real today, right? It's all really ones and zeros in computers today. But at the same time, if you don't have it, it certainly affects the quality of your life.”
“Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.”

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