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“This entitlement plays out in one of two ways:1.Im awesome and the rest of you all suck, so I deserve special treatment.2.I suck and the rest of you are all awesome, so I deserve special treatment....”
“Narcissistic personality disorder is named for Narcissus, from Greek mythology, who fell in love with his own reflection. Freud used the term to describe persons who were self-absorbed, and psychoa...”
“The author observes the shift now that children are not a source of labor for the family, that they have gone from employees of the parents to the bosses of the parents.”
“Society nowadays tells people that their happiness is all that matters but happiness is never found if it costs someone elses theirs. That is not what happiness is, nor would such a person deserve ...”
“Many comedians are very proud of themselves for saying the things others are supposedly afraid to say. They are at the forefront of this culture of entitlement where we get to do anything, think an...”
“In a fit of anger he had said to her, "You'll always be miserable," to which she thoughtfully replied, "Is that so? It's impossible to be miserable when you've known tragedy and hardship. Both stre...”
“Entitlement is such a cancer, because it is void of gratitude.”
“Everybody deserves love, but nobody is entitled to it.”
“Because when we give too many fucks, when we choose to give a fuck about everything, then we feel as though we are perpetually entitled to feel comfortable and happy at all times, thats when life f...”
“Is there no end to his diguises of benevolence?”
“Hollywood-Nobody's impressed by anybody because they're all too consumed with trying to cover up their own shortcomings. Hollywood is a microcosm of a world of lazy moral ideals and social indiffer...”
“They act as if their religion were a celestial gumball machine, taking no blame for personal failures because they won't manifest their will in the real world by working for their goals.”
“Rumors run wild when one sacrifices for self and temporarily forsakes those who assume entitlement to one's persona.”
“What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.”
“Well, we spent enough on gymnastics.''Christ, did we,' said Maureen. 'So many lessons.'So many lessons, it was true: art and music and ice-skating; Lily's every fleeting interest enthusiastically, ...”
“Rebuffed from his fine feelings, Milkman matched her cold tone. "You loved those white folks that much?""Love?" she asked. "Love?""Well, what are you taking care of their dogs for?""Do you know why...”
“If you do not need something that it is still useful, give it to someone who will appreciate it before you douse it in lighter fluid in hopes Santa Odin will put a new one under your Yule tree.”
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
“There's a whole generation growing up thinking...the government exists to care for them.”
“Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is asacrament that should be taken kneeling.”
