The rule for finding plots for character-centered novels, which is to ask: 'So what's the worst possible thing I can do to *this* guy?' And then do it.
It's the only way we can get out of being so human-centered: to remain attached to something other than humans.
As it almost always was when I'd been too self-centered to see the truth of the matter, I felt impossibly foolish.
Every type of evil we've got in us is the result of that one true illness of the human mind - that is, of being self-centered.
All religion may be centered around a generally good idea, however, this has not stopped its adherents from acting like bastards.
It's too bad patient-centered care is not rocket science, because if it was, we would be really good at it.
A film centered around the Second World War with a predominantly white cast would not have the pressure on it that 'Red Tails' has.
Breast Cancer is not necessarily a death sentence, stay strong and centered and be involved in all aspects of your treatment.
Most strong players are completely self-centered.... They are blind to how other people feel or else simply don't care.
I would like above any other place to go to Hartford. I want to face the conservatism there centered and compel it into decency.
This is the central idea of the Gita- to be calm and steadfast in all circumstances, with one's body, mind, and soul centered at His hallowed feet!
Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are centered in anything short of God and His will.
One of the greatest blessings we can offer to the world is the power of a Christ-centered home where the gospel is taught, covenants are kept, and love abounds.
The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao.
Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the world?
In 2013, I helped create a black-centered political will- and movement-building project called #BlackLivesMatter.
Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free
Every great, successful person I know shares the capacity to remain centered, clear, and powerful in the midst of emotional 'storms'.
Your love should be so far reaching, earnest, biblical, Christ-centered, pure, and self-sacrificing that the world may hate you for it.
Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.
Sobriety itself is today's high, for it is ultimately in the most centered consciousness that we find our power to transcend the world.
The best part about being married is feeling centered. Nothing else matters so much as long as you can come home and be with your family.
The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.
I can tell you that I never begin working on a story until I have a title centered at the top of the first page.
It is a challenge at times, but trying to stay centered and balanced helps me keep things in perspective.
No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.
You can usually tell when a couple becomes centered on each other because they are forever breaking up and getting back together.
It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.
It is only by frequent deaths of ourselves and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully.
We look at Sony as someone who's jumping into the space to help evangelize and build out VR. They're very centered around a console experience.
Any school would gain, if the students began the day with meditation, cleared their heads and got themselves centered.
I have never kept diaries. I just remember a lot and am more self-centered than most people.
Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize its the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the world?
I think that if everyone did at least embrace a more plant-centered diet, it would improve public health.
An artist who is too self-centered is liable to exhibit faults he abhors: carelessness, callousness, and even downright cruelty.
Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.
Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and recording sessions.
I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.
There is certainly a strong game development community in Texas, centered around Austin, with a significant additional contingency coming over from Dallas.
My early work and publications centered around expanding on the analysis of life insurance in my dissertation and its relationship to investment banking.
No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based more or less on a self-centered idea.
[In Bali] life is a rhythmic, patterned unreality of pleasant, significant movement, centered in one's own body to which all emotions long ago withdrew.
Whether I'm stressed out or angry or happy or depressed - however I feel, I say "I love my life," no matter what. That usually keeps me centered.
I've always tried to write the kind of book I most loved to read: character-centered adventure.
Stan Ulam was lazy, ... He talked too much ... He was self-centered ... . He had an overpowering personality.
Some of the greatest uprisings and consequent civil wars in Mexico have centered squarely on the ownership of land.
Only listen to the observations of the enlightened because everyone else is self-centered, egocentric and bound by the net of desire.
The secret of achieving prosperity lies in so vividly keeping yourself centered in the inner focus of affluence that you literally exude the consciousness of it.
Nowadays it seems that moral education is no longer considered necessary. Attention is wholly centered on intelligence, while the heart life is ignored.
People are self-centered to a nauseous degree. They will keep on about themselves while I'm explaining me.
Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick exit. It is centered on long-term value creation.
When you operate from the Higher Self, you feel centered and abundant?in fact, overflowing. When you experience this abundance, your fears automatically disappear.
It might sound very cocky or naive of me, or self-centered, but I want to win a World Cup for my country.
When the mind is free of fear, guilt, anger and is more centered, then it holds the power to heal any ailment.
For me, as an activist and a storyteller, I'm very centered in ensuring that we show the complicatedness of the human experience that happens to be rooted in my community's trans experiences.
The only time you're calm, you're centered, you're at peace, is when someone's trying to kill you. And that's just plain twisted.
When I was 28 years old, I thought it would be great to have a movie about my life. I was egotistical and self-centered.
Worship must be - Christ centered, Holy Spirit led, a Response to the Father, about Intimacy and Service and always lead to Transformation!
I'm self-centered, inconsiderate, and what was the third adjective? Oh, yes, and I have this infantile fantasy that one day I'll amount to something as an actress.
My memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me.
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