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"Fame, recognition and acknowledgement feel great to the ego and boost your self-esteem but are not the same as love, acceptance, and safety, although we pursue fame as if it will give us these things."
"The pursuit is fundamentally rooted in a deep sense of personal insecurity. And that is fueled by a kind of constant need for applause that can never truly minister to the inner sense of inadequacy."
"We want to believe that if we ourself could just secure enough recognition and approval from the outside world, if we could feel sufficiently admired, we would be healed and our self-esteem secured."
"The pursuit is fundamentally rooted in a deep sense of personal insecurity. And that is fueled by a kind of constant need for applause that can never truly minister to the inner sense of inadequacy."
"We want to believe that if we ourself could just secure enough recognition and approval from the outside world, if we could feel sufficiently admired, we would be healed and our self-esteem secured."