Abraham Maslow Quotes
In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
Quotes to Explore
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
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Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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Working with Tyler Perry has been a wonderful experience. Everything he touches turns to gold, it seems like.
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Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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I choose to focus on the positive.
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I usually have two or three books on the go at the same time. If I'm in different moods, I want to read different things.
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I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out of it.
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I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.
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Politics ruins the character.
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I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.
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I absolutely have not spoken to Marvel. It doesn't mean that my team hasn't spoken to Marvel.
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I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.
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Arnold has had his spokesman call me a crackpot. That was a mistake.
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I will only speak off the record about Debra Winger.
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A small win is a concrete, complete, implemented outcome of moderate importance. By itself, one small win may seem unimportant. A series of wins at small but significant tasks, however, reveals a pattern that may attract allies, deter opponents, and lower resistance to subsequent proposals. Small wins are controllable opportunities that produce visible results.
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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Everything I loved became everything I've lost.
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We have this yearning to know the answers to the big questions about space and why we're here; we can't evolve fast enough to figure these answers out on our own, but we can do it through artificial intelligence. But there's also some very scary downsides that could come if we don't put the right safety precautions in there.
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In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
