Quotes with ego-serving

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  • Donald Trump Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser - having a healthy ego, or high opinion of yourself, is a real positive in life!
    Donald Trump
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Alfred P. Sloan The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fun, won a batch of prizes and occasionally done some public good.
    Alfred P. Sloan
    American businessman (1875 - 1966)
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  • Raymond Chandler The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you could never meet on neutral ground. You can only meet him as an artist. He sees nothing objectively because his own ego is always in the foreground of every picture.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul, opening into that cosmic night which was psyche long before there was any egoconsciousness, and which will remain psyche no matter how far our ego-consciousness extends.
    The Meaning of Psychology for Modern Man (1933)
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Sigmund Freud The ego is not master in its own house.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • Alan Watts The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.
    Alan Watts
    English philosopher, priest and writer (1915 - 1973)
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  • Andrew Cohen The excitement that you were feeling about a special, unique path for yourself as a woman is all part of your identification with and attachment to being female. And that's ultimately all ego.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • J. G. Ballard The history of psychiatry rewrites itself so often that it almost resembles the self-serving chronicles of a totalitarian and slightly paranoid regime.
    A User's Guide to the Millennium (1996)
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Bill Rancic The most successful entrepreneurs tell you they have a great team. Lots of small-business owners let ego get in the way. Many people helped me along the way. You've got to remember the people who were loyal to you, and don't forget them when you become successful.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Arthur Middleton The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom.
    Arthur Middleton
    American politician (1742 - 1787)
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  • Billy Corgan The Pumpkins love rock-and-roll, we absolutely love it, but we also think it's a flatulent, ego-serving kiddie playground. You can have your cake and eat it too.
    Out on a Limb. Details Magazine. October 1996
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Northrop Frye The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego.
    Northrop Frye
    Canadian literair criticus (1912 - 1991)
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  • Asa Hutchinson The true credit for our safety and security goes to our men and women who are serving in places like Iraq and Afghanistan in the global war on terrorism.
    Asa Hutchinson
    American businessman, attorney, and politician (1950 - )
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  • Barbra Streisand To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • Billie Burke To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.
    Billie Burke
    American actress (1884 - 1970)
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  • Cyril Connolly We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self.
    Cyril Connolly
    British criticus (1903 - 1974)
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  • Doug Horton We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon.
    Doug Horton
    American Protestant clergyman
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  • Betty Dodson We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.
    Betty Dodson
    American sex educator (1929 - )
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  • Barbara de Angelis We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
    Barbara de Angelis
    American relationship consultant, lecturer and author (1951 - )
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  • Charles J. Fillmore We shall serve for the joy of serving, prosperity shall flow to us and through us in unending streams of plenty.
    Charles J. Fillmore
    American linguist and Professor of Linguistics (1929 - 2014)
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