"I think I always had joie de vivre. But I had pretty bad self-esteem growing up and much of my adult life."
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"When I was a model, actually, for a little while, my friend that I worked with a lot, she had horrible self-esteem too. We decided that the exact moment when we actually thought we were attractive, we wouldn't be anymore. We would just, like, miss it."
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"Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life, - there, if one must speak out, the real man."
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"When I did my first solo show and it made my dad uncomfortable, I wasn't quite ready for my spotlight moment in my life yet. I didn't have enough sense of myself and self-esteem and confidence: this is when I started looking to get my master's in something."
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"It doesn't matter whether you're the king of a country or... a fabulous Beatle; it's what's inside that counts."
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"Geology has joined biology in lowering mankind's self-esteem. Geology suggests how mankind's existence is contingent upon the geological consent of the planet."
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"It is not all books that are as dull as their readers."
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"I am my own heaven and hell!"
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"You never exist quite so much as when you are not thinking"
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"Respect is a kind of magic too, you know."
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"Back to my childhood where those monsters reside. They snack on innocence and dine on self esteem."
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"It requires self-esteem to receive-not self-love but just a pleasant acquaintance and liking for oneself."
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"There is graciousness and a kind of urbanity in beginning with men by esteem and confidence. It proves, at least, that we have long lived in good company with others and with our selves."
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"You're not free, unless you come to the place where you have nothing to prove."
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"The least lack of discipline starts to erode our self-esteem."
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"Inscribed on the temple of Apollo"
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"Kids, everybody can get behind. It's a bipartisan thing. We care about our kids' health. But the truth is, it's very important for us to talk to parents, in particular mothers, because it's really our self-esteem, it's our initiative."
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"The number one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain their self-esteem. You don't hit a man on the head when you've got your fingers between his teeth."
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"To be an actor, a lot of times it's a strange combination of high confidence and low self-esteem. Which is a weird combination to have, but I think it's sort of very common among actors."
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"The painting is always done very much with [the model's] co-operation. The problem with painting a nude, of course, is that it deepens the transaction. You can scrap a painting of someone's face and it imperils the sitter's self-esteem less than scrapping a painting of the whole naked body."
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