Ego Quotes

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J. D. Salinger

Novelist, Short Story Writer

“This is God's universe, buddy, not yours, and he has the final say about what's ego and what isn't.”

Ego Finals Buddy

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

Novelist

“It was as if for the remainder of his life he was condemned to carry with him the egos of certain people, early met and early loved, and to be only as complete as they were complete themselves. There was some element of loneliness involved--so easy to be loved--so hard to love.”

People Loneliness Ego

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Mahatma Gandhi

Political Leader

“When the ego dies, the soul awakes.”

Soul Dies

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Lana Del Rey

Singer-Songwriter

“I wish I could escape into some alter-ego, just so I could feel more comfortable onstage.”

Wish Feels

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Madonna Ciccone

Singer

“What else is there for me to conquer? Hopefully my ego.”

Ego Conquer Hopefully

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George Bernard Shaw

Playwright, Critic

“I occasionally swank a little because people like it; a modest man is such a nuisance.”

People Men

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Nicolle Wallace

Political Commentator, Author

“Women are wired to do more and different things because of their lack of ego”

Different Ego

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“When I recorded my first album, my ego didn't let me believe that what I was gonna say on the mic, anyone would really care about. But then when I found out that they did, I started to take it more seriously.”

Believe Firsts Ego

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Gary Vaynerchuk

Entrepreneur, Author

“I have as big of an ego as it gets, but I have, stunningly, a lot of humility considering some of the accomplishments I've had.”

Humility Ego Accomplishment

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Haruki Murakami

Writer

“But if you peeled away the ornamental egos that she had built, there was only an abyss of nothingness and the intense thirst that came with it.”

Ego Intense Abyss

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Franz Kafka

Writer

“The existence of the writer is an argument against the existence of the soul, for the soul has obviously taken flight from the real ego, but not improved itself, only become a writer.”

Real Taken Ego

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Kenny Smith

Basketball Player

“Bourgeois society, rife with an atomism or monadism of secluded egos, is profoundly uncomfortable with topics of domination just because of the rift between how it sees itself (Kantian autonomism) and how it actually exists (pathetic prole-culture).”

Philosophy Culture Ego

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