Abraham Maslow Quotes
The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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I could work in the shower if I had plastic paper.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
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My agent and I put out my proposal one Thursday afternoon in August, 1998. Publishers started bidding immediately, and that process progressed for a few days.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.
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I think it's always interesting to learn what the seemingly spontaneous one-nighter actually reveals about a character.
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When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem with excess carbon dioxide emission, I think we ought to listen.
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The good tidings which the historian of the past brings with throbbing heart may be lost in a void the very moment he opens his mouth.
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I auditioned for 'Mad Men.' I auditioned for 'Top of the Lake.' I obviously auditioned for 'West Wing,' so I still get excited when I get offered stuff. Like, a part of me thinks, 'They think I can do it! That's awesome!' And that's a part of me I have to squash; otherwise, I would do everything just because people gave it to me.
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You don't get on your feet if you don't have to, you know. And these people were on their feet rockin', and that was thrilling for David and I, absolutely.
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
