Self-fulfilling-prophecy Quotes

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As your lover describes you, so you are.

Picture of Jeanette Winterson — Jeanette WintersonSexing the Cherry

Then she told herself to stop her nonsense. If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretc...

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Picture of Dorothy Parker — Dorothy ParkerThe Portable Dorothy Parker

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Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to ac...

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Picture of Howard Zinn — Howard ZinnYou Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times