"We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposes to rob us of their companionship. It is obviously not the ideas themselves that are dear to us, but our self-esteem, which is threatened."

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Source : James Harvey Robinson (2015). “The Mind in Making”, p.26, Read Books Ltd

James Harvey Robinson

#Self Esteem Quotes #Passion Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“A hero can be anyone, even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat on a young boy's shoulders to let him know the world hadn't ended.”
“I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves.”
“Words will be just words till you bring them to life”
“Nowhere on Earth was sex so vigorously suppressed as in America--and nowhere else was there such a deep interest in it.”
“I was mentally, emotionally and verbally abused by my father as far back as I can remember until I left home at the age of eighteen”
“I have mostly been eating chicken wings. I only stick to things I can spell.”
“If I had a nervous breakdown every time something awful happened in the world, I'd be crazier than a shithouse rat.”
“I don't care if you hate me or if you like me, as long as somebody gives me a character that is really a character to play. It's fun to be able to have a character and have a director that can direct you into a character. I'm just so happy that I got a good role. I don't care if it's bad or if it's good, and I don't care if it's drama or comedy. They are just so rare to come across.”

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