Tellegen Absorption Quotes & Sayings

When you no longer need approval from others like the air you breathe, the possibilities in life are endless.
What an interesting little prison we build from the
invisible bricks of other people's opinions. — Jacob Nordby

Big egos have little ears. — Robert Schuller

I was very fortunate to be at a wealthy institution. I do recognize the drawbacks and limitations of the academic world but it's basically the world I grew up in and there's no way in which I would have been able to survive in the so-called real world. — Paul Lansky

We are creatures on this planet that have the capacity of self-awareness, playing out our role just the same as all else. — Bryan Kest

The defects of the children mirror the defects of the parents. — Herbert Spencer

Cease, daughter!" said the priest at last in a trembling voice. "I cannot grant absolution, no priest could... — Anya Seton

Arguably the mos intriguing characteristic assessed by the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ), a widely used test developed by the University of Minnesota's eminent psychologist Auke Tellegen, is "absorption," which describes a particular style of focusing. If you get a high score in this trait, you're naturally inclined toward what he calls a "respondent" or "experiential" way of focusing. — Winifred Gallagher

What justifies a character singing one idea for 3 minutes on the screen? I get impatient and want the story to carry on. I don't get impatient in the theatre. — Stephen Sondheim