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• If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.

  Tim Ferriss

  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Insecure

  "The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich". Book by Tim Ferriss, 2007.

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• There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Wisdom, Selfish People

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.61, First Avenue Editions

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• A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Insecure

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• Insecurity refers to a profoud sense of self-doubt-a deep feeling of uncertainty about our basic worth and our place in the world. Insecurity is associated with chronic self-consciousness, along with a chronic lack of confidence in ourselves and anxiety about our relationships. The insecure man or woman lives in constant fear of rejection and a deep uncertainty about whether his or her own feelings and desires are legitimate.

  Beth Moore

  Insecure, Men, Self

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• In the end, I think, the state's rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.

  Ai Weiwei

  Thinking, Ends, States

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Jealousy takes root in the soil of insecurity.

  Beth Moore

  Roots, Soil

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• It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people then to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.

  Alex Karras

  Strength, Success, Courage

  "Alex Karras obituary" by Michael Carlson, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2012.

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• All I hear is my own grating thoughts. Is there anything more horrid than being trapped inside yourself with nothing but your own insecurities.

  Sarah Jio

  My Own, Trapped

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• Inside it drives me crazy, my insecurities could eat me alive.

  Eminem

  Crazy, Alive, Obesity

  Song: Hailie's Song, Album: The Eminem Show

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• I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.

  Ben Affleck

  Swag, Bears, Feels

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of our lives.

  Brenda Shoshanna

  Love, Nature, Attachment

  Brenda Shoshanna (2004). “Zen and the Art of Falling in Love”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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• Just dash something down if you see a blank canvas staring at you with a certain imbecility. You do not know how paralyzing it is, that staring of a blank canvas which says to the painter: you don't know anything.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Canvas, Blank, Certain

  Vincent van Gogh, Vincent Willem Gogh (1927). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886: With a Memoir by His Sister-in-law, J. Van Gogh-Bonger ...”

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• I don't let anyone's insecurities, emotions, or opinions bother me. I know that if I am happy, that's all that matters to me.

  Demi Lovato

  Matter, Emotion, Opinion

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• How can a man learn navigation Where there's no rudder?

  Christopher Fry

  Men, Navigation, Rudders

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• The first thing that any good artist has to develop is a sense of independence from the artworld. What really destroys a young artist is insecurity, the fear that everything could be taken away at any moment.

  Jeff Koons

  Taken, Artist, Independence

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• Is not man himself the most unsettled of all the creatures of the earth? What is this trembling sensation that is intensified with each ascending step in the natural order?

  Ugo Betti

  Men, Order, Steps

  Ugo Betti (1964). “Struggle Till Dawn”, San Francisco, Chandler

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• I think my greatest insecurity would just be standing in the middle of the room and having everyone watching me thinking that's what I want. If I am interesting to you because of who I am, then that's incredible. But if I'm interesting to you only because of what I am, then let's not bother, you know?

  Neve Campbell

  Thinking, Who I Am, Interesting

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• Many teenagers are tormented by terrors they deem private and personal. They do not know that their anxieties and doubts are universal.

  Haim Ginott

  Teenager, Anxiety, Doubt

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• As long as art is the beauty parlor of civilization, neither art nor civilization is secure.

  John Dewey

  Art, Civilization, Long

  John Dewey, Debra Morris, Ian Shapiro (1993). “The Political Writings”, p.93, Hackett Publishing

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• The creditors are proving impossible to deal with and short of a sudden appearance on the scene of wealthy art patrons, we are going to be turned out of this dear little house where I led a simple life and was able to work so well. I do not know what will become of us.

  Claude Monet

  Art, Simple, House

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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• Parents can be very influential in designing those little creepy-crawlers that jump around in your mind for the rest of your life. It's the fear of not being good enough.

  Kim Basinger

  Design, Parent, Creepy

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• I became disconnected from the childlike play that art could be. I spent so much time fearing I wasn't good enough that I lost the sense that my artistic expression was worthy.

  Elisabeth Shue

  Art, Expression, Play

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• The sad problem is that we see ourselves as being quite terribly small. Instead of spending my time being envious, I need to celebrate your and my different gifts, even if mine are perhaps less spectacular than yours.

  Desmond Tutu

  Different, Needs, Problem

  Desmond Tutu (2011). “God Has A Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Times”, p.77, Random House

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• I still have pretty much the same fears I had as a kid. I'm not sure I'd want to give them up; a lot of these insecurities fuel the movies I make.

  Steven Spielberg

  Kids, Giving, Fuel

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• Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle of insecurity.

  Robert Genn

  Blow, Miracle, Safe

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