Obsessed Quotes

• People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.

  Norman Cousins

  Dream, Fear, Insecure

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• Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?

  Abdul Kalam

  Technology, Years, Legacy

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• We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.

  Thomas Merton

  Inspirational, Courage, Men

  Thomas Merton (2009). “Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander”, p.312, Image

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• Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.

  Eugene O'Neill

  Spiritual, Discovery, Doors

  Eugene O'Neill (1988). “More Stately Mansions: The Unexpurgated Edition”, p.281, Oxford University Press

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• I've got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don't want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones; I'd rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny – a thousand things, before 'thin'. And frankly, I'd rather they didn't give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons. Let them never be Stupid Girls.

  J. K. Rowling

  Girl, Daughter, Stupid

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• A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior.

  Melody Beattie

  Behavior, Codependent, Persons

  Melody Beattie (2013). “Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself”, p.34, Hazelden Publishing

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• I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning.

  R. L. Stine

  Morning, Sunday, Radio

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.

  Hank Aaron

  Sports, Baseball, Running

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• Any obsession is dangerous.

  Christina Ricci

  Actresses, Obsession, Dangerous

  "Hidden Depths". Interview with Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2004.

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• For you was I born, for you do I have life, for you will I die, for you am I now dying.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Love, Life, Dying

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• If you constantly think of illness, you eventually become ill; if you believe yourself to be beautiful, you become so.

  Shakti Gawain

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

  Shakti Gawain (2015). “The Shakti Gawain Essentials: 3 Books in 1: Creative Visualization, Living in the Light & Developing Intuition”, p.13, Mango Media Inc.

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• I still am a geek, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I see no shame in having an unhealthy obsession with something.

  David Tennant

  Thinking, Enthusiasm, Geek

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• It's very easy to become selfish and narrow-minded and see ballet as the only thing in life, but there's lots more.

  Darcey Bussell

  Life, Dance, Selfish

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• But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Country, Self, Important

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• Our world is obsessed with success. But how does God define success? Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.

  Billy Graham

  Eye, Our World, Doe

  Franklin Graham, Billy Graham (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.330, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The more I listened and became obsessed with singers, I feel like the more I realized that I had my own little thing that I could do.

  Cecile McLorin Salvant

  Littles, Singers, Little Things

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and really checking them out and analyzing what they do - and obsessive listening. I think that's the core of my work on music - has been just listening to things and listening to singers.

  Cecile McLorin Salvant

  Thinking, People, Listening

  "Jazz Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant Doesn't Want To Sound 'Clean And Pretty'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 4, 2015.

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• My first introduction to fashion probably came through television: I was obsessed with Elsa Klensch, who used to cover fashion for CNN.

  Erdem Moral?oglu

  Fashion, Cnn, Firsts

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• I loved cinema from a very young age. I was also obsessed with Hitchcock and actresses like Kim Novak in Vertigo. They all played heroines and were strong, powerful women, yet they were very feminine.

  Erdem Moral?oglu

  Strong, Powerful, Age

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• I've been obsessed with The Beatles since I was two.

  Charlie Benante

  Two

  Interview With Jeff Jetton, brightestyoungthings.com. December 27, 2010.

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• A lot of the things that I’ve learned in the past have been from dear friends. Rodriguez’s favorite line is “Fácil!” Easy! He makes things easy. He doesn’t complicate his life. He’s obsessed with perfection, but he makes it easy, and that’s pretty much the way I work as an actor.

  Demian Bichir

  Past, Perfection, Actors

  "The Tarantino Actor". Interview with Katherine Cusumano, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 4, 2016.

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• I have always been obsessed by the company and making sure that the company is the most contemporary, the most modern of all the players, and delivering the most accurate service for our client.

  Maurice Levy

  Player, Clients, Modern

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• For whatever reason I was always obsessed with the potential of humanity's physicality. Especially since we grew up with such a non-physical philosophy.

  Zack Snyder

  Philosophy, Humanity, Reason

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I had a very different vibe then, I was very into minimalism. I was kind of obsessed with Helmut Lang and [Martin] Margiela.

  Roopal Patel

  Different, Kind, Minimalism

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• We're technology obsessed. I think it's easier to text than to actually say hi to someone.

  Katy Perry

  Technology, Thinking, Easier

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