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Quotes About Dependency

Few rich men own their property. The property owns them.
~ Robert Ingersoll
He defines co—dependency as: "an emotional, psychological, and behavioral condition that develops as a result of an individual's prolonged exposure to, and practice of, a set of oppressive rules—rules which prevent the open expression of feeling, as well as the direct discussion of personal and interpersonal problems."3
~ Robert J. Ackerman
Works of architecture were, in that context, embodiments of the ideals on which the life of institutions depended.
~ Robert Jan Van Pelt
Tamed by Miltown, we lie on Mother's bed.
~ Robert Lowell
Who asks for me, the Shelley of my age,must lay his heart out for my bed and board.
~ Robert Lowell
the more specialized you become, the more you are trapped and dependent on that specialty.
~ Robert T. Kiyosaki
We grasp one thing after another, and when we have grasped a thing, it is as if it possessed us. Not we possess it, but the opposite: whatever we have apparently acquired rules over us then. It is impressed upon us that a beneficent effect is to be had from acquiring a little that is firm and definite, that is to say, from growing accustomed and shaping oneself to laws and commands that prescribe a strict external discipline. Perhaps we're being stupefied, certainly we're being made small.
~ Robert Walser
They needed me, Mackilwraith; they needed me. And if there is one thing which utterly destroys a boy's character, it is to be needed. Boys are unendurable unless they are wholly expendable.
~ Robertson Davies
need a phone," managed Philips.
~ Robin Cook
buying him clothes to improve his self-image • finding a therapist for him and begging him to go • financing expensive hobbies to help him use his time better • going through disruptive geographic relocations because "he's not happy here" • giving him half or all of our property and possessions so he won't feel inferior to us • providing him with a place to live so that he can feel secure
~ Robin Norwood
Dependen?a de munc? este una din modalit??ile folosite adeseori de b?rba?ii din familiile cu disfuc?ionalit??i pentru a se evita pe sine, dup? cum a iubi prea mult este unul din primele mijloace de evitare folosite de femeile din acest tip de familii.
~ Robin Norwood
Odat? demarat? relaÅ£ia, de ce e atât de greu sa te desparÅ£i de acest partener care te târ??te dup? el în etapele pline de suferin?? ale acestui dans distrug?tor? Regula de baz? este: cu cât e mai greu s? pui cap?t unei relaÅ£ii pernicioase, cu atât înseamn? c? ea înglobeaz? mai multe elemente ale luptei din copil?rie.
~ Robin Norwood
Restriction promotes addiction.
~ Robin S. Sharma
By giving her what she most wanted, he also placed her and the Indonesian government under his direction. What had been granted could also be taken away. That was an authority he had just awarded himself.
~ Lawrence Wright
They were all puppets, animated by the properties, responsibilities, and relationships they were tied to
~ Lee Goldberg
You know you've got a problem when baristas greet you by name. You know you've got another problem when it's the warmest social interaction of your day.
~ Lee Nichols
rule by the losers—by those who, for whatever reason, cannot or choose not to achieve values on their own, but depend instead on the work and effort of others.
~ Leonard Peikoff
The Talmud expresses subtle relationship in an apocryphal story of a dialogue between God and Abraham. God begins by chiding Abraham: "If it wasn´t for Me, you wouldn´t exist."Lord, and for that I am very appreciative and grateful. However, if it wasn´t for me, You wouldn´t be known.
~ Leonard Shlain
Factorul cel mai frecvent care determin? dezvoltarea dependen?ei de a-i mul?umi pe al?ii este trauma din prima copil?rie asociat? cu sentimentul de a fi ignorat, respins sau abandonat de c?tre prima persoan? care s-a ocupat de copil.
~ Les Barbanell
It was a machine that required constant feeding- Henry hated the machine, and he hated himself for wanting the sort of admiration it promised, as if he had no worth unless someone was there to applaud it
~ Libba Bray
He was different from every other man she knew. He was capable of loving; he was at once a laughing daredevil and a hard-hitting businessman. But most of all, he needed her. Other patients had needed her, but only as a therapist. Blake needed her, the woman she was, because only her personal strengths had enabled her to help him with her trained skills and knowledge. She couldn't remember anyone ever needing her before.
~ Linda Howard
What's it going to take for you to trust me?" "You're an addict. You really have to ask that?
~ Lisa Gardner
Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values.
~ Christopher Lasch
Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century.
~ Greg Egan