Irvin D. Yalom Quotes

I think everybody I've seen has come from some other therapy, and almost invariably, it's very much the same thing: the therapist is too disinterested, a little too aloof, a little too inactive. They're not really interested in the person; he doesn't relate to the person.

Irvin D. Yalom

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I can think of no one that my grandparents knew, that told me stories and that I experienced myself, had any sense of social inferiority growing up in segregated Washington. None whatsoever.

Ed Smith
- Up
- Think
- Growing
I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.

Zadie Smith
- Think
- Write
- Luxury
I was always pretty ambitious, although it probably helps that I can't do anything else - apart from cleaning lavatories. But I remember my mum once said, 'I suppose you'll give it a year and see if you can make it as an actress?' And I said, 'No Mum, I think I'll give it 10.'

Olivia Colman
- Remember
- Think
- Pretty
I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.

Sam Kean
- Think
- Change
- Human
If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.

Barbara Bush
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- Wife
- Be Prepared
I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.

Laura Dern
- People
- Work
- Think