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Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

~Anthony Storr

Topics: Accepted Being Beyond Bold Enough Go Implies Norms Originality

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It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

~Anthony Storr

Topics: Longer Need Only Real Real Relationship Relationship Someone Them

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With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.

~Anthony Storr

Topics: Certain Destroys Except Exception His Homo Members Other Own Rodents Species

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The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

~Anthony Storr

Topics: Back Damage Done Emotionally Learn Lot Moved Must Objectively Professional Same Same Time Seen Stand Sympathy Tea Time Touched

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The sane are madder than we think, the mad saner.

~Anthony Storr

Topics: Mad Sane Than Think

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Since I was not able wholly to subscribe to any one set of beliefs advanced by any 'guru' I had to fall back on my own, however derivative.

~Anthony Storr

Topics: Able Advanced Any Back Beliefs Derivative Fall Guru Had However My Own Own Set Since Subscribe Wholly

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It's not psychopathology that counts. It's what you do with it.

~Anthony Storr

Topics: Counts You

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If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.

~Anthony Storr

Topics: Did End Fewer Happiness Look Marriage Marriages Principal Source Tears Would

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I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place.

~Anthony Storr

Topics: Been Between Dividing Drawn Illness Lines Mental Mental Illness Place Sanity Show Want Wrong Wrong Place

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I owed Lewis one thing, at least. Once you had suffered the experience of presenting a case at one of his Monday morning conferences, no other public appearance, whether on radio, TV or the lecture platform, could hold any terrors for you.

~Anthony Storr

Topics: Any Appearance Case Conferences Could Experience Had His Hold Least Lecture Lewis Monday Monday Morning Morning Once One Thing Other Owed Platform Presenting Public Radio Suffered Terrors Thing Tv Whether You

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: May 8th, 1920

Died: March 17th, 2001

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