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"Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere."
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"The notion of a contemporary epiphany to me is very exciting, because it's a sort of biblical thing. It's something that has happened to people in other centuries or in the context of religious experience."
Experience
"I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out."
Day
"When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many."
Feet
"Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity."
Being
"There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us."
Challenge
"Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them."
Love
"We have a couple of dogs, but I wouldn't describe myself as an animal person."
Dogs
"I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all."
Mind
"There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on."
Impression
"It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually facing the elements in a physical way is a very powerful thing."
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"The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace."
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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."
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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."
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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."
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"Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine."
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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."
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"Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new."
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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
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"We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like."
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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
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