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Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.

Quote by Bette Davis about actors

Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is...

Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about liberty, slavery, night, self-control, common sense, sense

There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between...

There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.

Quote by Hans Eysenck

One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological...

One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott

No one will ever imagine character more deeply or more firmly than Homer did in, say, Achilles; but Apollonius was the man who showed how epic as well as drama may use the nice minutiae of psychological imagination.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about imagination, character, use, man

I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but...

I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.

Quote by Al Alvarez about opinion, being, writers

In general, certain conclusions are possible from these data. They fail to prove that psychotherapy, Freudian or otherwise, facilitates the recovery of neurotic patients.

Quote by Hans Eysenck

In our tabulation of psychoanalytic results, we have classed those who stopped treatment together with those not improved. This appears to be reasonable; a patient who fails to finish his treatment, and is not improved, is surely a therapeutic...

Quote by Hans Eysenck about end, failure

Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real.

Quote by Colin Firth about comedy, error, bad, real estate, good, good luck, people

Before I tried LSD, I'd been going to a psychologist for a couple of years. I found out about success that you have to fight for it a lot, then when you achieve it you can't give up the fight.

Quote by Larry Hagman about fight, couple

If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.

Quote by Salma Hayek about violence, problems

I mean, I don't think I'm alone when I look at the homeless person or the bum or the psychotic or the drunk or the drug addict or the criminal and see their baby pictures in my mind's eye. You don't think they were cute like every other baby?

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about man, criminals, people, mind

When speaking to the school psychologist, the teacher...

When speaking to the school psychologist, the teacher will say: weirdo rather than emotionally disturbed.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education, teachers, school

Spending enough time and money, all human behavior can be...

Spending enough time and money, all human behavior can be psychologically explained.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about money, human imperfections, time

The relationships that people have that are sexual, psychological, emotional these relationships are not open to supervision by parents, schools, churches, or government. Nobody has any right to intervene at all in any kind of relationship like that.

Quote by Madalyn Murray O'Hair about opinion, parents, sex, rightness, people

I want to describe the psychological state of the people...

I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.

Quote by Orhan Pamuk about state, city, people

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered...

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.

Quote by Sarah Jessica Parker about man

The sexual life of adult women is a dark continent for...

The sexual life of adult women is a dark continent for psychology.

Quote by Sigmund Freud about sex, dark, life

Man himself, if he hadn’t the psychological capacity to deny, he couldn’t understand the world, as the entire world is a big denial which continuously denies itself.

Quote by Sorin Cerin about man, world

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a...

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

Quote by Jodie Foster about destiny, word

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