Alice Miller Quotes

If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.

Alice Miller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: psychologist
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: January 12, 1923 - April 14, 2010

Topics

FriendshipTimeFriendsDoingYou

I had written two or three books before my husband noticed that in every one of them a family member was missing. He suggested that it was because my father's death, when I was five, utterly changed my world. I can only suppose he is right and that this is the reason I am drawn to a narrative where someone's life is changed by loss.

Jenny Nimmo

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I still have my high school copy of the collected Poe - missing its covers and pretty worse for the wear.

Matthew Pearl

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The results of this survey are shocking and should be a wake-up call to men and women that drinking and smoking too much not only gives you a bad headache in the morning but can affect your ability to start a family.

Ann Robinson

FamilyWomenMorningMenStartYou

Of all the toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a sound when you jump on it.

Stephen Baker

DirectionBetterYouJumpSound

Awards are always a pleasant surprise. They are the candy-floss parts of our job - a lovely added extra to attract people's attention. The bottom line is that you want to sell tickets.

Sophie Thompson

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Both my parents are first-generation success stories.

Solange Knowles

SuccessParentsStoriesBoth

When you break your pelvis, you can't do a whole lot. It took me about six weeks to be able to get out of bed. Anything you do that shakes your body is painful all over, so you can't cough, you can't sneeze, and going to the bathroom is impossible.

Tony Hawk

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Many activists and antagonists who are on the wrong side of an issue employ the tactic of, 'the best defense is a good offense.'

Mike Gallagher

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The Iranian people are known for adhering to their undertakings. We have been tested by history. We're an old civilization. We've been tested by history. We haven't aggressed upon any country for 250 years. This is a history that I'm proud of.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

HistoryPeopleProudCountryOld

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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I do situations and make fun of authority and life.

Don Rickles

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All human life can be found in an airport.

David Walliams

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