Erik Erikson Quotes
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I remain on 'SVU' because it is an incredible opportunity.
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When people come to a race, part of it is the anticipation: 'What is he going to do?'
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Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can't explain But I faithfully remain.
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You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
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There is something intrinsically wrong about letters. For one thing they are not instantaneous. ... Nor is this the only trouble about letters. They do not arrive often enough. A letter which has been passionately awaited should be immediately supplemented by another one, to counteract the feeling of flatness that comes upon us when the agonizing delights of anticipation have been replaced by the colder flood of fulfilment.
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And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.
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Hope is the best possession.
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We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are. We adults, on the other hand, have outgrown them and have to lower ourselves to stoop down to them. It seems to me that the grass hates us when we confess our love for it. Whoever would partake of all good things must understand how to be small at times.
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There is sense in hoping for recognition in a distant future only when we take it for granted that mankind will remain essentially unchanged, and that whatever is great is not for one age only but will be looked upon as great for all time.
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Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the man's real worth remain hidden from you?
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I am a very frank person and that's how I hope to remain. I don't like to pretend to be polite. What you see is what you get.
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I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so.
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Hitlers come and go, but Germany and the German people remain.
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Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
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It didn't occur to him that she might have chosen to remain this way. That where he saw reserve and loneliness, Cassandra saw self-preservation and the knowledge that it was safer when one had less to lose.
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Do you know that women who are chaste remain much fresher than those who are not?
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But she knew that no matter what beauty lay behind, it must remain there. No one could go forward with a load of aching memories.
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Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.
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Imagine for a moment Napoleon I, to have borne the name of Jenkins, or Washington to have sustained the appellation of John Smith!
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I'm not thinking about me that much anymore. Every time I look, I'm looking for my daughter, you know? If I'm in a store, I'm looking at baby clothes. It's so much cuter to find things for her than to find things for me.
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I'm happy we won. I felt really bad to sit in the locker room and not be out there to help my team. I want to apologize to them, the organization and the fans.
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When you observe yourself you must not condemn or approve what you see. If you tell a lie there is no need to judge your-self.
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If life is to be sustained, hope must remain.
