Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 15

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• To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Believe, People, Interesting

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• The neurotic lies awake at night, composing letters to those he hates. He seldom thinks of dropping a line to those he loves.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Hate, Lying, Night

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• If you hate your lot but wouldn't trade it, it's not your lot you hate.

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  Hate, Wise Words, Trade

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.64, BookBaby

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• Whether or not you love television, you've got to admit that it certainly loves itself.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Technology, Television

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• If the second marriage really succeeds, the first one didn't really fail.

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  Succeed, Firsts, Failing

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Valentines Day, Names

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.23, BookBaby

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• If it came true, it wasn't much of a dream.

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  Dream, Inspiration, Goal

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.69, BookBaby

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• Altruism is a hard master, but so is opportunism.

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  Masters, Hard, Opportunism

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.68, BookBaby

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• Cash is the one gift everyone despises and no one turns down.

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  Cash, Despise, Turns

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.98, BookBaby

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• An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Writing, Keys, Typewriters

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.69, BookBaby

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• The two main hazards of psychoanalysis: that it might fail, and that if it succeeds, you'll never be able to forgive yourself for all those wasted years.

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  Years, Two, Psychology

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.107, BookBaby

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• If I knew why I worried so much, I wouldn't worry.

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  Worry, Worried, Ifs

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• Courage doesn't know what's around the corner, but goes around it anyway.

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  Corners, Knows, Around The Corner

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• Your best work always seems to have been done by someone else.

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  Done, Best Work, Has Beens

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• To smoke or not to smoke: I can make of either a life-work.

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  Cigarette Smoke, Smoking, I Can

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.105, BookBaby

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• The neurotic has perfect vision in one eye, but he cannot remember which.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Eye, Perfect, Vision

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Growing Up, Knowing

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.34, BookBaby

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• Creative work is one of life's greatest pleasures, and the only one we will gladly interrupt.

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  Creativity, Creative, Pleasure

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• A doctor recently described to me "benign positional vertigo": it means you get dizzy in certain positions, but you can get over it without necessarily changing the position. Change "vertigo" to "anxiety," and you've summed up the neurotic's plight.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Mean, Doctors, Anxiety

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.89, BookBaby

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• The next voice you hear will undoubtedly be your own.

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  Voice, Next

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• The neurotic is always half-drowning in anxiety, and always being half-rescued.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Anxiety, Half, Drowning

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.105, BookBaby

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• Neurotic: someone who can go from the bottom to the top, and back again, without ever once touching the middle.

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  Touching, Middle, Back Again

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.65, BookBaby

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• Others settle for small rewards; the neurotic must always go for broke.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Rewards, Settling, Broke

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.97, BookBaby

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• The neurotic feels as though trapped in a gas-filled room where at any moment someone, probably himself, will strike a match.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Rooms, Moments, Strikes

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• It's wonderful to watch pretty women with character grow beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Character, Feminist

  "Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin".

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