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"I'm very happy. I like my work and the various aspects of it-going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert."
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"If you need an alarm clock, you need a new job."

"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

"The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being."

"So many people think they need to have serious equipment. In the magazines and the media, they see all this stylish stuff, especially on TV, and they think, That's what I need to make it work. You don't. I'm attempting a little bit of liberation here."

"The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well."
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"The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny."

"I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years."

"I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them."

"I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the goddamn ballgame."

"There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational."

"You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it."

"People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change."

"Many psychoanalysts refused to let me speak at their meetings. They were exceptionally vigorous because I had previously been an analyst and they were very angry at my flying the coop."
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