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There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all.
Alice Miller
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Alice Miller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1923
Born: January 12
Died: 2010
Died: April 14
Painter
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Piotrkow Trybunalski
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If a mother respects both herself and her child from his very first day onward, she will never need to teach him respect for others.
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If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.
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Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.
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We can never do the right thing as long as we are out to please someone else.
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What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.
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