During a divorce, narcissists can be manipulative and exploitive, feeling neurotically entitled to get whatever they want.

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As a founder member of the European club in 1957, remember, Italy was neurotically anxious to join the European monetary system when it was set up in 1979.

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He observed himself becoming neurotically possessive about his little space, at times putting his life in jeopardy by flying into a rage if a guard happened to step on his bed.

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Some of the independent studios queuing for Oscars next week have cut their costs by spotting and nurturing cheap new talent, instead of shelling out neurotically for the established big stars.

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Most of us spend our days the same way people spent their days in the year 1000: walking around smiling, trying to earn enough to eat, while neurotically doing these little self-proofs in our head about how much better we are than these other slobs, while simultaneously, in another part of our brain, secretly feeling woefully inadequate to these smarter, more beautiful people.

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