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“Chronic negative thinking and the emotions it invokes is, like many destructive behaviors, a form of addiction... it may not be very pleasant, but it's familiar.”

Thinking May Form Emotion Behavior Negative Optimism Addiction Familiar Pleasant Destructive Invoke Negative Thinking Destructive Behavior

Author:Lauren Mackler

“Well it's been about 100 years and every attempt at a comics writers' union has failed miserably. There is, sadly, a long history of short-term thinking and self-destructive behavior among my fellow comic book creators. No matter how many horror stories they have heard they won't even go so far as to hire themselves a lawyer when they need it. It breaks my heart. I am a very proud union member of the Writers Guild. And I can't imagine my fellow comic creators being able to pull something like this together.”

“It seems to me that we have to draw the line in sibling rivalry whenever rivalry goes out of bounds into destructive behavior of aphysical or verbal kind. The principle needs to be this: Whatever the reasons for your feelings you will have to find civilized solutions.”

Needs Kind Reason Feelings Seems Lines Principles Behavior Solutions Draws Bounds Destructive Civilized Sibling Rivalry Sibling Rivalry Destructive Behavior

Book:The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood

Source: The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood

“Learning to spot narcissists and deal with their destructive behavior can save you the world of hurt that awaits anyone who mistakes the near enemy for a friend.”

World Hurt Deals Mistake Enemy Behavior Spots Destructive Narcissist Destructive Behavior

Author:Martha Beck

“From the writing stage, I had envisioned a film that would be bright and light, even if the movie addresses adolescent unrest and self-destructive behavior. Talking about adolescence, I wanted to make a very musical film that was also a love story with a sensorial, sensual dimension and which had a strong emotional impact.”

“Grace doesn't lead us into destructive behavior. Sin does. And grace is the only remedy for sin. The kindness of God leads to repentance.”

Doe Sin Kindness Grace Behavior Destructive Repentance Remedy Destructive Behavior Kindness Of God

Author:Tullian Tchividjian

“We have the power to abstain from destructive behavior.”

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Author:Sylvia Earle

“I should say that Canada is one of the major criminals, not just the tar sands and so on, but even mining throughout the world, a lot of it is Canadian. It's extremely destructive, so an important thing for Canadians to do is curtail the predatory and destructive behavior of their own government and corporations. A carbon tax is one way of doing it.”

World Way Should Important Government Taxes Behavior Majors Important Things Criminals One Way Corporations Canada Sand Destructive Carbon Mining Predatory Carbon Tax Destructive Behavior

Author:Noam Chomsky

“I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my (well-earned) insecurity.”

Years Wells Behavior Addiction Convinced Destructive Insecurity Rooted Destructive Behavior

Book:So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us

Source: So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us

“Love life first, then march through the gates of each season; go inside nature and develop the discipline to stop destructive behavior; learn tenderness toward experience, then make decisions based on creating biological wealth that includes all people, animals, cultures, currencies, languages, and the living things as yet undiscovered; listen to the truth the land will tell you; act accordingly.”

Source: The Future of Ice: A Journey Into Cold

“The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.”

Knows Men Character Know How Path He Man Behavior Sensitive Ethical Sensitivity Mazes Ethical Behavior Destructive Behavior

Author:Earl Warren

“It's important to recognize your own self-destructive behavior and be honest about it. You're only hurting yourself or losing out on your truth and happiness. I'm not afraid to face my own personal stuff. It's so important to dig it up and figure it out and move on.”

“In Maybe I Will, Laurie Gray writes about important topics that teens need to talk about, including sexual assault, friendship, and alcoholism or self-destructive behaviors that result from trauma. Maybe I Will may help some teens know they're not alone.”

“Having children is not an act of God. It's not like you're walking down the street and pregnancy strikes you; children are a result of a conscious decision. For the most part, female-headed households are the result of short-sighted, self-destructive behavior of one or two people.”

“The Bhagavad Gita is not as nice a book as some Americans think...Throughout the Mahabharata ... Krishna goads human beings into all sorts of murderous and self-destructive behaviors such as war.... The Gita is a dishonest book .”

Thinking Humans Book War Self Human Beings Nice Behavior Destructive Krishna Self Destructive Gita Mahabharata Self Destructive Behavior Destructive Behavior

Author:Wendy Doniger

“The history of the welfare state is the history of public enterprise pushing out private organization. The impact was largely unintentional, but natural and inevitable. Higher taxes left individuals with less money to give; government's assumption of responsibility for providing welfare shriveled the perceived duty of individuals to respond to their neighbors' needs; and the availability of public programs gave recipients an alternative to private assistance, one which did not challenge recipients to reform their destructive behavior.”

“A truly moral nation enacts policies that encourage personal responsibility and discourage self-destructive behavior by not subsidizing people who live irresponsibly and make poor choices.”

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Author:Benjamin Carson