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• And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

  Sylvia Plath

  Life, Sad, Writing

  Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.85, Anchor

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• When introduced at the wrong time or place, good logic may be the worst enemy of good teaching.

  George Polya

  Teaching, Math, Science

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• Regaining favor with your worst enemy is a satisfactory but short lived relief.

  Joseph O. Shelby

  Hate, Relief, Favors

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• Always dress like you're going to see your worst enemy.

  Kimora Lee Simmons

  Fashion, I Hate You, Dresses

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• Freedom that lacks moral truth becomes its own worst enemy.

  George Weigel

  Moral, Truth Is, Enemy

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• Nobody makes me do anything I don't want to do. It's my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.

  Whitney Houston

  Decision, Devil, My Best Friend

  "Transcript: Whitney Houston: 'I'm a Person Who Has Life'". "Primetime" with Diane Sawyer, abcnews.go.com. December 4, 2002.

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• We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.

  Roderick Thorp

  Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

  Roderick Thorp (2014). “Rainbow Drive”, p.68, Open Road Media

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• A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.

  Robert Jordan

  Fall, Men, Hands

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.250, Macmillan

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• Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Moving On

  "How to Help Someone Who is Depressed, or Suicidal : Practical Suggestions from a Survivor". Book by John Cook, 1993.

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• If you're not your own severest critic, you are your own worst enemy.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Photographer, Critics

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.1, New Riders

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• I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you.

  Taylor Dane

  Trying, Way, My Own

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• Surround yourself with the right people, and realize your own worth. Honestly, there are enough bad people out there in the world - you don't need to be your own worst enemy.

  Lucy Hale

  People, Needs, World

  "9 Quotes From The 'Pretty Little Liars' Cast That Will Inspire You To Be Your Best Self" by Crystal Bell, www.mtv.com. April 15, 2015.

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• Memories are so two-faced.
  One minute they're hugging you like a long-lost friend, the next minute they're ripping you apart like your worst enemy.

  Lesley Kagen

  Memories, Two, Long

  Lesley Kagen (2010). “Tomorrow River”, p.110, Penguin

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• It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

  Hesiod

  Literature, Disorder, Organized

  Hesiod (1991). “My Brother's Killer”, p.75, University of Michigan Press

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• Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

  Erica Jong

  Men, Self, Guilt

  erica jong “fear of flying”

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• Once you get in a position where your rent is taken care of and you do have a job, you really get to deal with yourself and really become one with yourself. And you wake to your mind every day. That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain.

  Fred Durst

  Friendship, Jobs, Taken

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• Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

  Tacitus

  Best Friend, History, Evil

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• Sometimes our brains are our own worst enemy because grace isn't logical.

  Judah Smith

  Grace, Brain, Sometimes

  Judah Smith (2014). “Jesus Is Student Edition: Discovering Who He Is Changes Who You Are”, p.94, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When I'm left on my own I'm my own worst enemy.

  Ronnie Wood

  My Own, Left, Enemy

  "The do Ron Ron" by Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. December 02, 2001.

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• Linux is its own worst enemy: it's splintered, it has different distributions, it's too complex to run for most people.

  Nicholas Negroponte

  Running, People, Different

  "Interview The Sugar daddy for future generations". Interview With Jack Schofield, www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2009.

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• As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive.

  Daniel Dennett

  Stupid, Self, Mind

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• Fear to fear. Be afraid to be afraid. Your worst enemy is within your own bosom. Get to your knees and cry for help, and then rise up saying, 'I will trust, and not be afraid.'

  Charles Spurgeon

  Knees, Helping, Cry

  Charles Spurgeon (2015). “Daily Devotion - 365 Days With Jesus”, p.60, Editora Dracaena

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• Your worst enemy Becomes your best friend, once he's underground.

  Euripides

  Enemy, Your Best Friend, Worst

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1974). “The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides”

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• Turning one hundred was the worst birthday of my life. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Turning 101 was not so bad. Once you're past that century mark, it's just not as shocking.

  Annie Elizabeth Delany

  Past, Wish, Century

  Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth (1993). “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years”, p.208, Kodansha America

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• I would not give my first 15 years to my worst enemy, and I don't even have a worst enemy.

  Gary Coleman

  Years, Giving, Firsts

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

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