It's usually a weak-willed person who is in denial. If you can convince enough people that you are what you <i> want </i> to be, then maybe it will come true.
I associate this sort of behavior with people who feel inadequate and/or insufficient.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it.
~W.C. Fields
To live is like to love--all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
~Samuel Butler