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Paul Watzlawick Quotes

A self-fulfilling prophecy is an assumption or prediction that, purely as a result of having been made, cause the expected or predicted event to occur and thus confirms its own 'accuracy.'

Paul Watzlawick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: psychologist
Nationality: austrian
Birth: July 25, 1921 - March 31, 2007

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Feeling unique is no indication of uniqueness.

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Memory is a fiction we tell ourselves: just a piece of the truth.

Chelsea Cain

Truth Memory Tell Fiction Just

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Success Me Out Contract Piece

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Hate People Need Anything Cost Guy

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Good Looking Rest Good Looking Well