Arno Gruen Quotes
No matter how much lip service those committed to power (psychopaths) may pay to the principle of equality (empaths), they can never approach their fellow human beings on an equal footing; their relationships with others are defined solely in terms of power and weakness. Therefore, they must accumulate as much power as possible, with the aim of becoming invulnerable and proving this invulnerability.
Quotes to Explore
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The reason I hate publicists is because I think if we got rid of them everything would be on equal footing.
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People have said to me, 'It must be nice to prove so many people wrong,' but I've never really cared about proving anything to anybody else.
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Size matters in fiction, but so does lack of size. Everything else being equal, fat novels tend to be perceived as serious, very thin ones as more honest, more real. Writers address these age-old expectations by filling their big books with philosophy and cramming their little ones with feeling.
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I have one weakness: I love meat loaf.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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The term 'demilitarized Palestinian state' is an oxymoron.
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We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world.
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
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If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.
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If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.
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Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.
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You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.
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It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.
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Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.
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Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong.
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I just feel like I have a lot to prove.
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I don't have anything to prove anymore. I can relax.
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First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
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That acknowledgment of weakness which we make in imploring to be relieved from hunger and from temptation is surely wisely put in our daily prayer. Think of it, you who are rich, and take heed how you turn a beggar away.
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I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it.
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There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman.
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Everybody needs four things in life: Something to do, someone to love, someone to believe in and something to hope for.
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No matter how much lip service those committed to power (psychopaths) may pay to the principle of equality (empaths), they can never approach their fellow human beings on an equal footing; their relationships with others are defined solely in terms of power and weakness. Therefore, they must accumulate as much power as possible, with the aim of becoming invulnerable and proving this invulnerability.
