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Alice Miller Quotes

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Feelings Unwanted Weak Own Against

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.

Me Performance Song Reading Story

What I'm getting at is, you know, if we really want to get serious about helping all the people living in the street and getting people jobs, we could just hire half the people in the country to spy on the other half.

People You Country Know Want Living

Investors can see that Facebook is feeling old and tired and isn't seeming to be that innovative.

Tired Feeling Old See Facebook

I like making films about different cultures. I'm interested in things that I've never encountered before. I try to put myself in the audience's position.

Myself Try Never Different Cultures

I've read in a couple stories that I was raised Episcopalian, but that's not true. I think that's just people assuming things. In some ways, I wish I was raised Episcopalian. I was kind of raised hodgepodge.

People Think Wish Kind True I Wish

The industrial stomach cannot live without coal; industry is a carbonivorous animal and must have its proper food.

Live Food Animal Without Stomach

The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?

Life Value End Meaning Measure How

I think a moment of critical energy has suddenly emerged. But moments like this come and go unless we seize them at their height.

Moment Energy Think Moments Seize

I've done everything from cater, wait tables, pre-school teacher, painting, to being Cinderella, Elmo, a clown, nanny, selling hair... I would do kid's parties and entertain and do magic and paint faces and balloon animals. The highlight of my life.

Life Teacher Painting Wait Hair

The thing a player has to ask himself: 'Do you want to choose winning over standing out?' Dwyane Wade made that choice, and I don't think he gets enough credit.

Winning Think Enough Credit Choose

To be one of the world's top space robotic arm operators is a necessary skill for an astronaut, but it doesn't have much carry-over.

Space World Skill Top Necessary Arm

I think we were instrumental in saving downtown Seattle. To me, that's the biggest thing we did.

Bruce Nordstrom

Me Think Seattle Downtown I Think

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