Insecure Quotes - Page 11

• Instead of being insecure and jealous and suspicious and wonder if every guy is going to cheat on me, I decided to say, "Nope. This will be totally enough for somebody one day." That was a real script flip and it changed the rest of my life in such a positive way. So I feel like I want to teach stuff like that to my girls.

  Drew Barrymore

  Girl, Real, Jealous

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I think most actors . . . We are insecure, in general. I think to be an actor, you need to have an ego, but then, our ego is our worst enemy.

  Penelope Cruz

  Thinking, Ego, Enemy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I really think insecurity is something that comes with being an actor - I don't know actors who aren't insecure. I do think I kind of lie to myself - there is a percentage of ego involved. And I don't say that's a bad thing - it's good to know that it's there whether we like it or not. But ego is like a lion that we have to keep under control.

  Penelope Cruz

  Lying, Thinking, Ego

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm a very insecure and emotional person still looking to be loved by everyone else.

  Richard Simmons

  Emotional, Persons, Stills

  "Pharaohs of fitness". Interview with Julie Deardorff, articles.chicagotribune.com. April 18, 2012.

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• I have a fall-back fund for the quiet months. I am a single working parent and it gets lonely when things are insecure.

  Kate Thornton

  Lonely, Fall, Working Parents

  Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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• One of the fundamental aspects of leadership, I realized more and more, is the ability to instill confidence in others when you yourself are feeling insecure

  Howard Schultz

  Feelings, Fundamentals, Aspect

  Howard Schultz, Dori Jones Yang (1997). “Pour your heart into it: how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time”

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• A beautiful woman can make herself look ugly in the eyes of a man if she is very insecure.

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  Sherry Argov

  Beautiful, Eye, Men

  Sherry Argov, “Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl - A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship”

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• Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. They’re associated with high staff turnover. They make people sick, hostile, unmotivated, and insecure.

  Susan Cain

  Memories, People, Sick

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.84, Broadway Books

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• Suddenly I've had enough of all this. I've had enough of being made to feel insecure and paranoid and wondering what's going on

  Sophie Kinsella

  Had Enough, Wonder, Made

  Sophie Kinsella (2009). “Shopaholic Abroad: (Shopaholic Book 2)”, p.98, Random House

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• She looked at her own past, and, for the first time, she forgave herself: it hadn't been her fault, but the fault of that insecure little boy, who had given up after the first attempt.

  Paulo Coelho

  Boys, Past, Littles

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• Do you feel insecure because you keep getting the nagging feeling that you're not that smart? Well, I've got good news for you, my friend. You have no need to be insecure. That nagging feeling is absolutely right on target. You are not that smart. But I have more good news for you. You are also not alone.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Smart, Feelings, Needs

  Ellen DeGeneres (2003). “The Funny Thing Is...”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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• 8. Fact: It is a bad idea to date a known cheater, because even if he doesn't cheat on you, you will always know he's capable of it and will never fully trust him. Then you will become even more insecure and neurotic than you already are.

  E. Lockhart

  Cheater, Ideas, Facts

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 3: The Treasure Map of Boys”, p.149, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• When you're in show business no matter what you're doing it's an insecure business.

  Lorna Luft

  Matter, Shows, Show Business

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• I can't believe that the Russians really think they're more insecure because Estonia is in NATO. And we don't have forces poised in Estonia to attack Russia.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Believe, Thinking, Russia

  Source: www.nytimes.com

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• Once the Eastern Bloc collapsed, what I call 'historical spontaneity' prevailed and the countries that were subject to Soviet control naturally gravitated to the West. That's where they sought their security; I don't think there was a way to avoid that. If we tried to exclude them, we would have today not one Europe, we would have three Europes: one in the West, one in the middle and one in the East, and the middle would be insecure and a tempting target. The insecurity felt [today] by Eastern Europe would be replicated on a much larger and more consequential scale.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Country, Thinking, Europe

  Source: www.realclearworld.com

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• The Superclass tries to promote its values. Ordinary people complain of divine injustice, they envy power, and it pains them to see others having fun. They don’t understand that no one is having fun, that everyone is worried and insecure, and that what the jewels, cars, and fat wallets conceal is a huge inferiority complex.

  Paulo Coelho

  Fun, Pain, Jewels

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• Man who hates cats is insecure, but a man who likes them is one worth keeping. If he can appreciate a cat, he can appreciate a strong, independent woman.

  Larissa Ione

  Strong, Hate, Cat

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• Art glows with faith even in its weakest parts. At every moment, writing is an act of self-confidence – the sheerest, most determined, most stubborn self-belief. You CAN have faith and doubt at the same time; the most insecure writer on the planet has faith that shines just as bright as her doubt, and she deserves props for that. It might be hidden deep, she might not feel it and you might not see it, but it’s in there, or she wouldn’t be able to write.

  Kristin Cashore

  Art, Writing, Self Confidence

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• Marrying, founding a family, accepting all the children that come, supporting them in this insecure world, and perhaps even guiding them a little, is, I am convinced, the utmost a human being can succeed in doing at all.

  Franz Kafka

  Children, Littles, Succeed

  Franz Kafka (2013). “Letter to the Father/Brief an den Vater: Bilingual Edition”, p.55, Schocken

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• Honey lamb, there are a lot of things in this world I feel insecure about. Religion. Our national economic policies. What color socks to wear with a blue suit. But I've got to tell you that my performance in that hotel room last night isn't one of them.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Night, Blue, Color

  FaceBook post by Susan Elizabeth Phillips from Feb 17, 2016

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• When you're a kid you're already trying to create your own world and organize the one in front of you, but then you get all insecure around 6th grade and don't think you have a right to share that. I think it was my mom's attitude about art and being part of the narcissistic digital generation or whatever that made me think anyone would care what I had to say about anything!

  Tavi Gevinson

  Art, Attitude, Kids

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• A lot of musicians are super - insecure and they take forever and they obsess over the minutia and it's really stifling. It's not that the band The Black Keys is that confident, it's that we're not striving for perfection. We are just trying to have fun. None of the music that we like is perfect. It's good. And real. We just want to make real records, flaws and all.

  Dan Auerbach

  Fun, Real, Perfect

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• In spite of nuclear weapons, large numbers of American citizens feel totally insecure. And in spite of so much wealth, industry and technology, many Americans are living under deprivation and anxiety. So happiness is not in accumulation of material goods, it's in sharing and caring.

  Satish Kumar

  Caring, Technology, Numbers

  Interview with Frank Lipman, www.drfranklipman.com. April 14, 2009.

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• I find it's usually the bullies who are the most insecure.

  Tom Felton

  Bully

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• When people are feeling insecure about their jobs and there are cuts to be made, it's hard to put up an argument that the film industry needs funding.

  Julian Fellowes

  Jobs, Cutting, People

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