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Carl Gustav Jung
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
— Carl Gustav Jung
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Dolly Parton
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."
— Dolly Parton
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Janis Joplin
"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
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— Janis Joplin
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Oprah Winfrey
"As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around."
— Oprah Winfrey (The Uncommon Wisdom Of Oprah Winfrey: A Portrait in Her Own Words)
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"I like that: a little pressure on the understood boundaries of yourself. Sounded like something out of a self-awareness class, probably with yoga. See what kind of a pretzel you can tie yourself into and press on the understood...
I was raving, if only to myself."
— Robin McKinley (Sunshine)
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Paulo Coelho
"If theater is ritual, then dance is too...It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed clean of preconceptions and fears. When you dance, you can enjoy the luxary of being you."
— Paulo Coelho
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Max Ernst
"When the artist finds himself he is lost. The fact that he has succeeded in never finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as his only lasting achievement. "
— Max Ernst
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Philip K. Dick
"I did not tell Fat this, but technically he had become a Buddha. It did not seem to me like a good idea to let him know. After all, if you are a Buddha you should be able to figure it out for yourself."
— Philip K. Dick (VALIS)
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Lev S. Vygotsky
"Through others we become ourselves."
— Lev S. Vygotsky
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"The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently."
— Pema Chödrön (When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times)
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David Brin
"Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart."
— David Brin (Earth)
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