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Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, or perhaps later in life, yes when we should say no. ↗

— William Glasser

#fail #fulfill #later #life #many

I like creating these rhythmic patterns. These interlocking rhythmic things are really fun. ↗

— Danny Elfman

#fun #i #like #patterns #really

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down. ↗

— George Eliot

#asked #being #between #decrepit #down

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#know #observe #rules #them #until

In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs. ↗

— Albert Ellis

#because #belong #days #few #get

Every book for me is an exorcism in some way or another, working through my feelings at the time. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#book #every #exorcism #feelings #me

I'd rather let the fiction speak for itself and I don't want to write fiction that tells people how to feel, and I don't want to be judgmental in the fiction. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#fiction #how #i #itself #judgmental

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#care #i #i care #me #other

Doubt is the brother of shame. ↗

— Erik Erikson

#doubt #shame

Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero. ↗

— David R. Ellis

#damn #fourth #law #near #probability