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Ambrose Bierce
“Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.”
― Ambrose Bierce
Topics: egotism, humor, sarcasm, taste
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Criss Jami
“Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.”
― Criss Jami
Topics: abusing, arrogance, arrogant, automatic, considerate, deserving, earning, ego, egotism, egotist, egotistical, entitlement, happiness, happy, honest, human, human-law, humans, humble, humility, illegal, illegality, inconsiderate, joy, judge, judging, judgment, judgmental, judgmentality, law, legal, legality, loot, looters, looting, man, mankind, moral, morality, mug, muggers, mugging, nature, peace, peace-on-earth, perspective, pilfer, pillage, plunder, politics, possession, pride, psychology, righteous, righteousness, rob, robbers, robbing, self-righteousness, selfish, selfishness, smuggle, smugglers, smuggling, steal, stealers, stealing, take, takers, taking, taking-advantage, theft, thief, thievery, thieves, thought, thought-processing, truth, universal-truth, using, worth, worthy
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Bobbe Sommer
“Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.”
― Bobbe Sommer
Topics: egotism, happiness, modesty, opinion, precondition, regard, sef, self-destruction, success, unique
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Graham Greene
“Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance.”
― Graham Greene
Topics: egotism, evil, happiness, ignorance
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Criss Jami
“A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.”
― Criss Jami
Topics: answers, arrogance, blurred, blurred-vision, blurriness, clarity, cockiness, confusion, egotism, focus, focusing, focusing-illusion, humble, humility, illusion, influence, meditation, necessity, pensive, pridefulness, psychology, questioning, questioning-mind, questions, reflect, reflecting, solid, think, thinking, thought, thoughtful, truth, uncertainty, vision, wisdom, wise, wistfulness
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Mitch Albom
“We’re so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breaks—we’re involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going. So we don’t get into the habit of standing back and looking at our lives and saying, Is this all? Is this all I want? Ising missing? Read more...”
― Mitch Albom
Topics: egotism, looking-back, mundane-life, realization, truth, wrapped-up
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Harry S. Truman
“You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog!”
― Harry S. Truman
Topics: backstabbing, dogs, egotism, faithfulness, friends, friendship, humor, political-humor, politics, sarcasm
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Virginia Woolf
“The most important thing is not to think very much about oneself. To investigate candidly the charge; but not fussily, not very anxiously. On no account to retaliate by going to the other extreme -- thinking too much.”
― Virginia Woolf
Topics: anxiety, egotism, thinking, worry
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Criss Jami
“Oftentimes winning can become an addiction, whether good or bad, to the point where you would rather lose it all before you lose at all.”
― Criss Jami
Topics: addiction, bad, consistency, dominance, ego, egotism, egotist, egotistical, everything, experience, failure, glorification, glory, good, habit, honor, learning, lose, loser, losing, loss, nothing, point, praise, pride, sacrifice, self-importance, self-righteousness, success, testosterone, victory, win, winner, winning
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Jarod Kintz
“I am the burrito in the taco. Hold your skepticism, and the lettuce.”
― Jarod Kintz
Topics: egotism, funny
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