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Don't ask why the patient is the way he is, ask for what he would change.


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Allow yourself to see what you don’t allow yourself to see.

Allow yourself to see what you don’t allow yourself to see.



Until you are willing to be confused about what you already know, what you know will never grow bigger, better, or more useful.

Until you are willing to be confused about what you already know, what you know will never grow bigger, better, or more useful.



Change will lead to insight far more often than insight will lead to change.

Change will lead to insight far more often than insight will lead to change.



You can't effect the cards that you are dealt, but you can determine how you play them.

You can't effect the cards that you are dealt, but you can determine how you play them.



Enlightenment is always preceded by confusion.

Enlightenment is always preceded by confusion.



The most important thing in changing human behavior is the person's motivation.

The most important thing in changing human behavior is the person's motivation.



You use hypnosis not as a cure but as a means of establishing a favorable climate in which to learn.

You use hypnosis not as a cure but as a means of establishing a favorable climate in which to learn.



People do not come into therapy to change their past but their future.

People do not come into therapy to change their past but their future.



The unconscious works without your knowledge and that is the way it prefers.

The unconscious works without your knowledge and that is the way it prefers.



A goal without a date is just a dream.

A goal without a date is just a dream.





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Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

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When someone has tried to please you, it is rude, as well as disheartening, to respond by announcing that the effort was a failure.



Here is a bold embrace of internationalism. Let's join the rest of the world and go metric.

Here is a bold embrace of internationalism. Let's join the rest of the world and go metric.



Acting has to reach everybody on some level - it's a communication of feeling - but as far as judging the work is concerned, it is, I think, something that actors know about.

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Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step

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This world is not for aye, nor 'tis not strange That even our loves should with our fortunes change, For 'tis a question left us yet to prove, Whether love lead fortune, or else fortune love.

This world is not for aye, nor 'tis not strange That even our loves should with our fortunes change, For 'tis a question left us yet to prove, Whether love lead fortune, or else fortune love.




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