Elliot Aronson Quotes
Self-justification, therefore, is not only about protecting high self-esteem; it's also about protecting low self-esteem if that is how a person sees himself.
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Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.
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I had an amazing childhood.
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I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it.
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Remember, MTV would only show white videos for a long time. Can you imagine that? That was the '80s when that happened. It's hard to even think of that now, you know?
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A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
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I've never been a fan of pretense or procrastination. After all, our state is defined by its independent, outspoken spirit.
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When you're young, it's so easy to get bull-dozed.
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In music, as I find myself forever saying, things don't get better or worse: they evolve and transform themselves.
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I had one family that used a lot of yelling and screaming, and that was very normal. Another side of my family, nobody would raise their voice at all.
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We are the in midst of a bipartisan moment as it relates to criminal justice reform and dealing with mass incarceration in America which disproportionately impacts the African-American community.
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Only that which makes you feel bad after doing is immoral.
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Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.
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Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.
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Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
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The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do.
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Anytime I'm on the field and my teammates are on the field with me, I just want them to have fun.
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There are a lot of young black girls who I meet in my travels who don't have a lot of self-esteem. So if I communicate to them that they're beautiful, no white person should find fault in that. It doesn't mean that young white girls aren't beautiful, because they are just as beautiful.
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We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
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I don't know why it is, exactly, but the people with the healthiest self-esteem, are also the greatest at intimacy. I'm not talking about arrogant people. I'm talking about people who know they are both good and bad yet believe at the deepest level they are really good for people.
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Self-justification, therefore, is not only about protecting high self-esteem; it's also about protecting low self-esteem if that is how a person sees himself.
