#idealize

Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation both to retreat to Daddy's lap and protection and to push out of his embrace to that of beau and the world beyond home. ↗

— Victoria Secunda

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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. ↗

— Erica Jong

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Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. ↗

— Leo Buscaglia

#idealize #live #never #others #up

Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much. ↗

— Benjamin Jowett

#great mistakes #idealize #life #love #make

A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty. ↗

— Diane Kruger

#directors #idealize #into #ladies #leading

Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#am #ancestors #cultural #derive #feeling