"All violence is an attempt to replace shame with self-esteem."

-- James Gilligan

#Self Esteem Quotes #Violence Quotes #Shame Quotes

“Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature.”

Source : Joseph Butler (1856). “The analogy of religion, natural and revealed, to the constitution and course of nature: to which are added, two brief dissertations : On personal identity, and On the nature of virtue; and fifteen sermons”, p.404
“The stupidity of a stupid man is mercifully intimate and reticient, while the stupidity of an intellectual is cried from the rooftops.”
“He was her enemy, and she hated him because she could not hate him enough.”

Source : Catherine Fisher (2005). “Darkhenge”, Bodley Head Childrens
“Writers are idolized not because they love their fellow men, which is never a recommendation and in extreme instances leads to crucifixion, but because their self-love is in tune with current fears and desires, and in giving it expression they are speaking for an inarticulate multitude.”

Source : Hugh Kingsmill (1949). “The progress of a biographer”
“It hardly seemed fair, because, unlike a horse or a Seeing Eye dog, the whole glory of being a bird is that nobody would ever put you to work.”
“Hey, are you a boy or a â€” never mind, can I have a push on the swing?â€ And some day, yâ€™all, when we grow up, itâ€™s all gonna be that simple.”
“I love scenes that are just emotional give and take. By the same token, action sequences are great to do. They have their own unique demands and requirements. So I take it as it comes, and hopefully you can get a good balance of all of that stuff.”

Source : "Daddy’s Home! Stephen Lang On Playing Mary Shannon’s Long Gone Father On In Plain Sight!". Interview with Sheldon Wiebe, eclipsemagazine.com. April 19, 2012.
“I went to college for four years.”

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