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nollidge
on Dec 26, 2012
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Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922)
Because to be popular is to be admired, and nobody
admires
someone who's desperate for approval.
larrys
on Dec 26, 2012
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True and this also more or less dovetails with wanting what you can't have as well.
ZenoArrow
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This is the core of the issue... the people in question are being misunderstood. Yes, some people crave approval, but there's another group that crave building happiness, and the two are not the same thing.
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