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  • I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves, so I’m definitely well-versed on what goes on in the mind and the heart of a person who self-destructs as their coping mechanism, and also what they’re like when you take their preferred substance away.

    "Natasha Lyonne, Locked Up". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 9, 2013.
  • It is not always easy to be who we are, but as we grow up and mature and develop coping mechanisms that enable us to survive and thrive in a complicated world, we have the responsibility to reach back and help others still struggling along the way. In so doing, we can also help ourselves. Above all, we cannot allow each generation to grow up in a world where they feel they are alone while we carry so much knowledge, history, and foundation that we can, and must, pass on to them.

  • Before I start a book, I talk over my characters with a friend who is a counselor. I like to make sure I have the right dynamics in place and understand each character's belief system, fears, coping mechanisms and things like that.

  • I've always had a quirky way of looking at things. It's my coping mechanism.

  • Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

    Life   Dance   Thinking  
    All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1988)
  • Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

    Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters: A Novel”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company
  • Peace is not something you wish for, � it is something you make, something you are, something you do,�and something you give away.

  • Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique.

  • The Doomsayers have always had their uses, since they trigger the coping mechanism that often prevents the events they forecast.

    1986 Risk and Other Four-Letter Words.
  • Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

    "Reflections for Tending the Sacred Garden". Book by Bonita Jean Zimmer (p. 182), April 2003.
  • We all deal with a certain amount of stress, on a day-to-day basis. I probably smoke too many cigarettes, which isn't a very good thing. I don't have any extraordinary coping mechanism. I certainly don't talk to a dog.

    Source: collider.com
  • One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem.

    "Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door". Book by Robert Fulghum, 1993.
  • Popular religion is a coping mechanism for the anxieties of a dysfunctional social and economic environment.

  • Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. It's my coping mechanism.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference.

    "Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door". Book by Robert Fulghum, 1991.
  • Only when Stephen Strange has his accident and everything that he's ever had in his life falls apart that he becomes pretty monstrous. It's the self-loathing rage of a wounded animal and he doesn't have a coping mechanism at all. It ties in with the discipline and the magic of this world.

    Fall   Animal   Self  
    Source: www.empireonline.com
  • Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.

    The Comforters (1957) ch. 6
  • Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all the ways we could die. Instead, our minds block out our existential fears by focusing on stresses we can handle—like getting to work on time or paying our taxes.

    Morning   Block   Stress  
    Dan Brown (2014). “Inferno: Special Illustrated Edition (Enhanced): Featuring Robert Langdon”, p.377, Knopf
  • Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost.

    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

    Robert Fulghum (2010). “Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door”, p.146, Ivy Books
  • One idea I explore in my stand-up show is whether, if you try looking at the universe rationally and avoid coping mechanisms like mysticism or religion, you can still be happy knowing you are going to die after a brief time on this spinning ball.

  • I don't think the victims should be babied, but there should be a counselor to teach them coping mechanisms. The bully needs counseling too.

    "Laura Michelle unleashes her inner Chuck Norris". Interview with Carissa Shuman, thecelebritycafe.com. August 26, 2016.
  • I didn't do drugs. It wasn't my thing. But the drink was terrible. Today when I look back, it's like I was another person. You could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. I just drank too much.

    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • That was my earliest maladaptive coping mechanism I forged when I was a kid. I found that my fists weren't going to do any significant protective work for me, so my mouth was it. Making my father laugh was a way to control him.

    Source: www.elle.com
  • Peace is not something you wish for, it's something you make

    Robert Fulghum (2004). “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things”, p.131, Ballantine Books
  • I have an unusual hobby: I collect pictures of people I don't know. It started when I was a kid growing up in South Florida, the land of junk stores, garage sales, and flea markets, as a kind of coping mechanism.

    Ransom Riggs (2012). “Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past”, p.4, Harper Collins
  • True believers are continually shown by reality that their god doesn't exist, but have developed extensive coping mechanisms to deal with this cognitive dissonance.

  • I used food as a coping mechanism for many, many years, and it was my best friend for a long time.

  • Me with nothing left to lose, plotting my big revenge in the spotlight. Give me violent revenge fantasies as a coping mechanism.

    Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters: A Novel”, p.181, W. W. Norton & Company
  • Life is what happens when we are busy doing other things. Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are and something you give away.

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