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Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a 'normal' person.

— John Forbes Nash, Jr.

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm a very sympathetic person, but that doesn't always come across in my work because I'm too busy being mad at everything.

— Lydia Lunch

I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of.

— Harrison Ford

I'm not patient, and some things drive me crazy. In my work, I get incredibly upset when people don't get it right or don't respect others' needs.

— Colin Firth

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right.

— Mads Mikkelsen

One is always considered mad, when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.

— Ed Wood

I don't make judgments about my own work, and I don't analyze it; I just let it happen. That applies to everything I've done.

— Harold Pinter

I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.

— Tom Petty

I think I've had the opportunity to work for people because I wanted to and because I thought they were good people, and therefore everything I do, I can do with sincerity.

— Pat Meehan

✗Opposing Perspectives

I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.

— Shania Twain

I proved to my own satisfaction that I am madder than I think.

— Craig Ferguson