"I thought of the analyst Winnicott's observation: 'It is a joy to be hidden but disaster not to be found'."

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Susie Orbach

#Joy Quotes #Disaster Quotes #Analysts Quotes

“We are now considering legislation based on statistics that include name-calling at public rallies as crimes. Are we going on to the school yards of this country and when two kids get angry with each other and call each other names -- what are we going to do, cart them over to the reformatory or add them to the list of 'hate crimes' perpetrators? This is ridiculous.”
“I just need to figure out how things work.”
“It took me ten years to write The Night Journal, so that was a big ordeal.”

Source : Source: www.elizabethcrookbooks.com
“There is nothing antithetical in American history, culture, or traditions to teamwork. Teams were important in America's history - wagon trains conquered the West, men working together on the assembly line in American industry conquered the world, a successful national strategy and a lot of teamwork put an American on the moon first (and thus fare, last). But American mythology extols only the individual...In America, halls of fame exist for almost every conceivable activity, but nowhere do Americans raise monuments in praise of teamwork.”
“When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all.”
“I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day.”
“Redemption implies that your self worth comes at the end. I think it's there from the start. If it's your core values, it's there from day one.”

Source : "Boondock Saints Interview: Norman Reedus & Sean P. Flanery". Interview with Alex Kecskes, acedmagazine.com. January 5, 2012.
“It is a kingly act to help the fallen.”

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