Okay, am I the only one who finds these sayings just a little bit formulaic?

If you can’t handle your neurosis, your neurosis will handle you.
— CHUCK SPEZZANO

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Mr. Furious:
Okay, am I the only one who finds these sayings just a little bit formulaic? "If you want to push something down, you have to pull it up. If you want to go left, you have to go right." It's...

The Sphinx:
Your temper is very quick, my friend. But until you learn to master your rage...

Mr. Furious:
...your rage will become your master? That's what you were going to say. Right? Right?

The Sphinx:
Not necessarily.

[from Mystery Men]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuUopTPgjOI