Anton du Beke

My goal was to become the best dancer in the world and, because I started late, I always had this feeling I was playing catch-up, so I've been a bit of a maniac most of my life, sort of striving.

British Dancer

Robert Klein

I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep me young, and yes, it is exhausting, but I don't collapse.

American Comedian

George Carlin

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

Hannah Simone

I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.

Canadian Actress

Ray Liotta

I've only been in one fight in my whole life... in 7th grade, yet everyone thinks I'm a maniac.

American Actor

Ryan Leaf

I was an ego maniac with a self-esteem problem and that's what most addicts are like.

American Athlete

Glenn Kelman

Sometimes I wish I was less of a maniac; sometimes I wish I was more.

American Businessman

Mahatma Gandhi

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.

Indian Leader

Tom Berenger

Around mid-life everyone goes maniac a little bit.

Matt Skiba

Pennywise are legends and gentlemen and maniacs.

American Musician

Use 'maniac' to describe someone's extreme passion for an activity, not their skill at it.

Context Matters

'Maniac' is casual, often used among friends or in informal settings.

Informal Speech

In some contexts, 'maniac' can be a playful compliment about someone's dedication.

Not Always Negative

'Maniac' has a severe tone when referencing mental health; use it sensitively.

Serious Implications

Originally medical, now often seen as outdated and offensive in that context.

Historical Usage

Be careful not to stigmatize mental illness when using 'maniac' casually.

Avoid Stigmatization

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 Without getting too extreme about this, imagine a world where everybody could go out the door and engage in the kind of exercise that's going to make them more relaxed, more serene, more healthy, burn off stress -- where you don't come back into your office a raging maniac anymore,

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 But I guess the only person in here truly impressed by record collectors is another record collector. To the outside world, we seem like a very weird, oddball group of individuals. And -- And they're mostly right. All the record collectors I know are obsessive maniacs.

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 at the end of the day is a job is not just a jolly but the summer about rowing across the forest after ponies with speed and some people say we're actually maniacs well most people actually for idiots idiots

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 um and i lived in that fa i lived in the fremont and and nevada factories for three years fixing the that production line running around like a maniac through every part of that factory living with the team

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 you never been to many or cows and I said what is the menu house so she looked at me really suspicious and sister she said you are the professional guys you should visit a maniac house and

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 yet we call people maniacs and psychos, shaming them. We are creating barriers for people that need help. Why are we embarrassing each other? Let's make it easier, not harder,

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 And it's OK if we need somebody to help us snap out of it. For me, that was my wife, a military guy, a maniac linebacker or an eccentric coach.

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