Alfred Adler Quotes
Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.
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Asked to choose between money and fame, I'd choose the latter every time.
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Love, in the eyes of the world, is either a carnal appetite or a vague fancy, which possession extinguishes or absence destroys. That is why it is commonly said, with a strange abuse of words, that passion does not endure.
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I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
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I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!
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I don't like a lot of rehearsing.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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I think I really benefited from going to college.
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About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.
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I'm also pretty resilient and fearless, and when I want something I go for it.
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I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
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What I do onstage, there's maybe .0001 percent of the population that acts like that. I talk like that because it makes me laugh, and because I know a couple of people that talk like that. They're really that Southern. And they do funny things. I love 'em; they're awesome. They're good people.
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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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We have to build the capacity of our institutions, employees and workers. Our regulatory environment has not been encouraging to research, innovation and enterprise.
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I feel like a lot of my fans hold high expectations of me when it comes to inside the Octagon - not so much outside of the Octagon - but I feel like most of my performances are pretty dominant, so I don't feel like I have the luxury to not perform in an extremely impressive fashion.
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When you suffer, don't speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don't stop.
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If it was up to me, there wouldn't be no such thing as the establishment.
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Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing. And Egypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence.
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Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.
