James Gilligan quotes
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“All violence is an attempt to replace shame with self-esteem.”
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“I have yet to see a serious act of violence that was not provoked by the experience of feeling shamed and humiliated, disrespected and ridiculed, and that did not represent the attempt to prevent or undo this ‘loss of face’—no matter how severe the punishment, even if it includes death.”
-- James GilliganSource : James Gilligan (1996). “Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and Its Causes”, Putnam Adult
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“The most dangerous men on earth are those who are afraid they are wimps”
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“The reason that I think it is a waste of time to engage in moral value judgements about people's violence, is because it doesn't advance by one iota our understanding of either the causes or the prevention of the violent behaviour.”
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“Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?”
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“I don’t have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like”
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Source : "Adele - The Biography". Book by Chas Newkey-Burden, 2011.
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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.226, Simon and Schuster
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“Violence does not and cannot flourish by itself; it is inevitably intertwined with lying.”
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“I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.”
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