Sigmund Freud Quotes
Life, as we find it, is too hard for us; it brings us too many pains, disappointments and impossible tasks. In order to bear it we cannot dispense with palliative measures... There are perhaps three such measures: powerful deflections, which cause us to make light of our misery; substitutive satisfactions, which diminish it; and intoxicating substances, which make us insensible to it.
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If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There is only one God, and there are many paths to him.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they're hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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I like being my age. I kind of have a political thing about it.
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I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.
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I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.
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It's important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What's done is done.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
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Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
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When you watch 'Ray Donovan,' you think that it's about Hollywood, about scandal, about stars, and about trying to keep secrets. That's true, but that's also just the means by which you reveal secrets of the people suffering every day life.
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Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
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At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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I just want to create my own history.
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago.
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Sometimes societies become too stupid to survive. A nation that takes Barack Obama's current rhetorical flourishes seriously is certainly well advanced along that dismal path.
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We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life.
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Life, as we find it, is too hard for us; it brings us too many pains, disappointments and impossible tasks. In order to bear it we cannot dispense with palliative measures... There are perhaps three such measures: powerful deflections, which cause us to make light of our misery; substitutive satisfactions, which diminish it; and intoxicating substances, which make us insensible to it.
