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"Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval."
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"I'm on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave it, and then I'm gonna rip it off."
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Personal Development
"But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club."
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Personal Development
"The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster."
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Personal Development
"Those whose approval you seek most give you the least."
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"Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout."
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Personal Development
"As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation."
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"How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!"
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"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses."
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"Children now expect their parents to audition for approval."
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"It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security."
Life
"I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me."
May
"This idea of trying to repeat a success doesn't interest me. It's only really done to make money."
Money
"It has always felt like a failure that Bjorn and I couldn't keep our family together. You never get it back, but to this day I don't regret splitting up. The reason behind our separation is one of those things I definitely don't want to go into!"
Family
"There was a time when the music fell silent. Both within me and around me."
Music
"I have always had strong maternal instincts. Even when I was still a child I cut out pictures of prams from newspapers and imagined the feeling of pushing my own pram through fresh winter snow and seeing the wheels' tracks behind me in the snow."
Feelings
"There is a danger of changing too much in the search for perfection."
Danger
"I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything."
Approval
"When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!"
Life
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