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• I'm not a fan of the selfie. I think it's at the heart of the narcissism that social media brings into our lives.

  Kim Stolz

  Heart, Thinking, Media

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• Ours has been called a culture of narcissism. The label is apt but can be misleading. It reads colloquially as selfishness and self-absorption. But these images do not capture the anxiety behind our search for mirrors. We are insecure in our understanding of ourselves, and this insecurity breeds a new preoccupation with the question of who we are. We search for ways to see ourselves. The computer is a new mirror, the first psychological machine. Beyond its nature as an analytical engine lies its second nature as an evocative object.

  Sherry Turkle

  Lying, Insecure, Mirrors

  Sherry Turkle (2005). “The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit”, p.279, MIT Press

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• I think the narcissism comes from the industry side of things. The artistic side of a person is never narcissist; it's always empathic, it's always kind and compassionate. It can be difficult to hold onto artistic principles when the business is so glaringly about the product. It's sad.

  Jordan Gavaris

  Thinking, Principles, Sides

  "Family Ties". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 13, 2016.

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• ...feminism never harmed anybody unless it was some feminists. The danger is that the study and contemplation of "ourselves" may become so absorbing that it builds by slow degrees a high wall that shuts out the great world of thought.

  Rheta Childe Dorr

  Wall, Feminist, Feminism

  Rheta Childe Dorr (1980). “A woman of fifty”, Ayer Co Pub

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• Because that's what narcissism is all about; looking in the mirror everyday and thinking 'Damn, I'd like to shag myself.'

  Eddie Izzard

  Thinking, Mirrors, Everyday

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• maybe a certain amount of narcissism is as essential to an actress as muscles are to a football lineman.

  Velda Johnston

  Football, Essentials, Actors

  Velda Johnston (1990). “Flight to Yesterday”, G K Hall & Company

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• We're making far too big a deal out of our sexual preferences. It's just another form of narcissism, and I think it can be a big problem and a tremendous obstacle.

  Andrew Cohen

  Thinking, Literature, Obstacles

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• I think that artists don't make art - the art makes itself through us. I'm not the doer. I'm just along for the ride. Acting really reminds me of that because I don't write the words; I don't make the decisions. That's the director. Narcissism is a tragic condition. It must be so miserable to live trapped in a reflection that only includes the smallest version of our identities. Our true identities should have no bounds and no limits.

  Ezra Miller

  Art, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There’s Socialism and Communism and Capitalism and there’s Feminism and Hedonism, and there’s Catholicism and Bipedalism and Consumerism, but I think Narcissism is the system that means the most to me.

  Tony Hoagland

  Mean, Thinking, Feminism

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• Writing a memoir has a particularly excited sense of narcissism.

  Bill Ayers

  Writing, Excited, Memoir

  "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Bill Ayers". Interview with Rachel DeWoskin, therumpus.net. December 1, 2013.

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• Leftism and narcissism are almost synonymous

  Dennis Prager

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• The real cultural war is between the culture of narcissism and what might be called the culture of renewal.

  Richard Louv

  Real, War, Simple

  Richard Louv (1998). “Web of Life: Weaving the Values That Sustain Us”, p.123, Conari Press

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• We're not enamored of Trump's braggadocio narcissism. We're not enamored of Trump's lifestyle. None of that. We're just fed up with current Washington leadership. It has failed and it needs to be turned upside down and emptied and re-shaken. And that's what the vast majority of Trump supporters actually believe.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Believe, Majority, Needs

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The idea of narcissism, essentially, is and will be accepted as a virtue.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Ideas, Virtue, Accepted

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Leaders are not modest, and more importantly, the extensive social science research on narcissism, self-promotion, and similar constructs shows that these qualities and behaviors are useful for getting hired, achieving promotions, keeping one's job, and obtaining a higher salary.

  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Jobs, Self, Leader

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Life, Conceited, Rivals

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook H 10, 1799.

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• Courage is impulsive; it is narcissism tempered with nihilism.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Nihilism, Impulsive

  Ayelet Waldman (2006). “Love and Other Impossible Pursuits”, Doubleday Books

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• I mean, what do you think creativity is? Nothing but self-indulgence. And the more self-indulgent it is, the more interesting it becomes. So I think that part of creativity is also falling in love with your own narcissism: accepting it, using it as an asset.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Falling In Love, Love You, Creativity

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Falling In Love, Fall, Creativity

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• Narcissism as a virtue is very futuristic. Narcissism as a quality is where I think things are heading.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Thinking, Quality, Virtue

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• Among all the emotions, the rich have the least talent for love. It is possible to love one's dog, dress or duck-shooting hat, but a human being presents a more difficult problem. The rich might wish to experience feelings of affection, but it is almost impossible to chip away the enamel of their narcissism. They take up all the space in all the mirrors in the house. Their children, who represent the most present and therefore the most annoying claim on their attention, usually receive the brunt of their irritation.

  Lewis H. Lapham

  Love, Dog, Children

  Lewis H. Lapham (1989). “Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion”

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• The 2 extremes, neither one worse than the other: the result of bad religion is self-loathing and violence; the result of bad spirituality is self-worship and narcissism.

  Criss Jami

  Self, Violence, Loathing

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.20, Criss Jami

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• Listen, young people, I understand narcissism - clearly. But at least I have the decency to hate myself. And that's what's missing from the young people. They don't have the debilitating self-loathing and the second guessing.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Hate, Self, People

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• Nothing provides the antidote to narcissism, or the environment for the healthy raising of children, or the way for people to take care of one another, as does the marriage of a man and a woman. And while most divorces are terribly sad, divorce itself no more undermines the institution of marriage than car crashes undermine the institution of driving.

  Dennis Prager

  Children, Divorce, Men

  "The 'Divorce Threatens Marriage' Lie" by Dennis Prager, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 12, 2005.

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• I particularly scorn my fondness for paradox. I despise pessimism, narcissism, solipsism, truculence, word-play, and pusillanimity, my chiefer inclinations; loathe self-loathers ergo me; have no pity for self-pity and so am free of that sweet baseness. I doubt I am. Being me’s no joke.

  John Barth

  Sweet, Self, Play

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