M. Scott Peck Quotes
When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us.
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that.
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate.
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If apartheid is removed, then the violence that is necessary to maintain it will be removed along with the pressures from apartheid which create a violent response.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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I really am into crystals. I'm a real positive thinker. I believe in creative visualisation.
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I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.
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I went through a big Kurt Vonnegut phase. But the writers who made me decide at a very early age that this is probably something I wanted to do were Stephen King and Douglas Adams, when I was probably, like, ten years old.
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I come from a poor family, so really, the culture I know best is the street, TV, school.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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It is thought and feeling which guides the universe, not deeds.
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It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script, you know, like a Charlie Kaufman script.
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You learn from your mistakes, and I think it's a good thing as long as you learn something.
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She's ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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That farewell kiss which resembles greeting, that last glance of love which becomes the sharpest pang of sorrow.
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Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.
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The goal of long-run economic growth without asset price bubbles is not only achievable, but is something we should expect if we put a sound regulatory framework in place and if policymakers remain vigilant.
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Indebted countries can only grow out of their debt troubles through strong economic growth; austerity measures alone cannot work. It is imperative to engage in deep structural reform to spur growth.
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When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us.
