Sense Of Self Quotes - Page 5

• You were firing questions at me today, trying to get inside my head. You asked if I believed in God. I told you of course I do- I've always had a strong sense of self. Your house is quiet now, you're sleeping upstairs and I'm alone with this blasted, idiotic book that purports to tally the sum of my life, and fact is, maybe I do. But maybe, ka-lyrra, your God doesn't believe in me. -- From The (Greatly Revised) Black Edition Of The O'Callaghan Book of the Sin Siriche Du

  Karen Marie Moning

  Strong, Believe, Book

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “The Highlander Series 7-Book Bundle”, p.1384, Dell

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• I've always known I was gay, but it wasn't confirmed until I was in kindergarten. It was my teacher who said so. It was right there on my kindergarten report card: PAUL IS DEFINITELY GAY AND HAS VERY GOOD SENSE OF SELF.

  David Levithan

  Teacher, Gay, Self

  David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.8, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Love is the felt experience of connection to another being. An economist says 'more for you is less for me.' But the lover knows that more of you is more for me too. If you love somebody their happiness is your happiness. Their pain is your pain. Your sense of self expands to include other beings. This shift of consciousness is universal in everybody, 99% and 1%.

  Charles Eisenstein

  Pain, Love Is, Self

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• I think it is important to maintain a sense of self and confidence, not letting either falter for the sake of a particular part or project, no matter how great it might be.

  Fred Savage

  Confidence, Thinking, Self

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

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• ...I sense that stepping into the light is also a powerful metaphor for consciousness, for the birth of the knowing mind, for the simple and yet momentous coming of the sense of self into the world of the mental.

  Antonio Damasio

  Powerful, Simple, Light

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• I developed a sense of self before moving to crazy Hollywood, which was really important.

  Jane Levy

  Crazy, Moving, Self

  "Actress Jane Levy first starred in soccer". Interview with Cristina Goyanes, www.espn.com. March 2, 2012.

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• With a fractured sense of self, we come to depend on what people feed back to us - often mediated through social networks - not what we are. We have complex identities but may become less able to act as a subject - confident in what we really are.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Self, People, Identity

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• Given the opportunity, under the right conditions, two cells from wildly different sources, a yeast cell, say, and a chicken erythrocyte, will touch, fuse, and the two nuclei will then fuse as well, and the new hybrid cell will now divide into monstrous progeny. Naked cells, lacking self-respect, do not seem to have any sense of self.

  Lewis Thomas

  Opportunity, Two, Self

  Lewis Thomas (1990). “A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays”

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• I'm asked all the time in interviews about who I am, and I know a few people my age who have a strong sense of self, but I couldn't say I know myself and sum it up and give it to you in a little package. I don't know myself at all yet.

  Kristen Stewart

  Birthday, Strong, Self

  "Kristen Stewart interview: vampire's girl turns rock rebel". Interview with John Hiscock, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 20, 2010.

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• Just to set the record straight, a salary for a given on-screen performance does not include the right to invade anyone’s privacy, to destroy someone’s sense of self.

  Jodie Foster

  Self, Doe, Salary

  "Jodie Foster Blasts Kristen Stewart–Robert Pattinson Break-Up Spectacle". www.thedailybeast.com. August 15, 2012.

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• I've never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself.

  Will Ferrell

  Real, Cocky, Self Worth

  "Will Ferrell: The King of Comedy Opens Up" By Holly Millea, www.elle.com. July 18, 2012.

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• I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.

  Craig Ferguson

  Self Esteem, Thinking, Comedy

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• College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development.

  Claire Danes

  College, Self, Essentials

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• The three top issues have to be restoring jobs and private sector job growth to our country, getting the entitlement mess under control, and restoring back to our country a sense of self-confidence that Americans can achieve whatever we want to achieve.

  Chris Christie

  Country, Jobs, Self Confidence

  "Interview with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie". Interview with Piers Morgan Tonight, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 14, 2011.

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• People need immediate places to refresh, reinvent themselves. Our surroundings built and natural alike, have an immediate and a continuing effect on the way we feel and act, and on our health and intelligence. These places have an impact on our sense of self, our sense of safety, the kind of work we get done, the ways we interact with other people, even our ability to function as citizens in a democracy. In short, the places where we spend our time affect the people we are and can become.

  Tony Hiss

  Journey, Impact, Self

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• My Bible tells me that if we train a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not turn from it. I think faith and guidance can help fortify a young woman's sense of self, a young man's sense of responsibility, and a sense of reverence all young people for the act of sexual intimacy.

  Barack Obama

  Bible, Children, Responsibility

  Barack Obama (2008). “An American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama : a Primer”, Independent Publishing Group

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• For the academic the rhetorical sense of superiority through the possession of knowledge is essential for facing the daily grind, turning again to the otherwise boring article, braving the students who, fresh as each class may be, will still ask the same questions year after year. Psychological survival is not achieved without effort, and the environment must be managed, knocked about with one's elbows until it takes a shape comfortable to one's sense of self. This is not selfishness, for in reshaping the environment the academic is also reinvigorating the educational process.

  Robin Winks

  Educational, Teaching, Years

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• You were firing questions at me today, trying to get inside my head. You asked if I believe in God. I told you of course I do - I've always had a strong sense of self

  Karen Marie Moning

  Strong, Believe, Self

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “The Highlander Series 7-Book Bundle”, p.1384, Dell

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• Stop the pain.” – Tory “You know I can’t.” – Acheron “Fine. But next time you’re the one who’s doing labor duty. I get to sit there and hold your hand.” – Tory (And again he laughed. She glared at him.) “You have no sense of self preservation, do you?” – Tory

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Pain, Self, Hands

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• People who want to find a place of rest, want to find an integrated personality, sense of self, want fewer fractures in their lives.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  People, Personality, Integrated

  "Jonathan Safran Foer On Marriage, Religion And Universal Balances". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, weku.fm.

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• Do you have no sense of self-preservation?

  Nalini Singh

  Self, Self Preservation, Preservation

  Nalini Singh (2009). “Angels' Blood”, p.24, Penguin

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• You can't fight human nature. Ego is going to get the best of everyone. You're going to think you can trust someone when you can't. People who come in the Big Brother house have a strong sense of self and often it gets handed to them when they get evicted.

  Julie Chen

  Strong, Brother, Fighting

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• I've learned through the years how to base my identity and sense of self-worth on myself and not others. I've learned the most critical tool of all: self-love. Now, if it doesn't work out with someone, sure, I'll be hurt. But I'll be bruised, not broken. And I may lose my balance, but I won't be wiped off my feet.

  Amy Chan

  Hurt, Broken, Work Out

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• More than his exterior hit me. I felt warm and safe just being with him. He brought comfort after my terrible day. So often with other people I felt a need to be center of attention, to be funny and always have something clever to say. It was a habit I needed to shake. But with him I never felt like I had to be anything more than what I already was. I didn’t have to entertain him or think up jokes or even flirt. It was enough to just be together, to be so completely comfortable in each other’s presence—we lost all sense of self-consciousness.

  Richelle Mead

  Clever, Thinking, Flirting

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• Her green eyes came unafraid to his. The connection was so intense that it threatened to drain his sense of self. He felt that he had always known her, that she had always been a part of him, that her needs were his needs.

  Terry Goodkind

  Eye, Self, Connections

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Wizard's First Rule”, p.12, Head of Zeus

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