Carolyn Hax (Carolyn Hanley Hax) Quotes

A lot of support gets withheld out of fear of awkwardness and misspeaking.

Carolyn Hax

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• I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people, more than with men. That's something we need to support each other with.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • People
  • Men
  • Women

• The Tea Party movement went off on a more extreme agenda that I did not support at all, and was very frustrated by it, to the point that not only did I change parties, I decided to do something about it and run for Congress.

  

  Patrick Murphy
  • Change
  • Support
  • Party

• I need a spiritual connection - I can make changes, but I can't make miracles - and I need people around me who'll support me and believe in me and tell me the truth and not let me deceive myself into avoiding the what's scary and hard and necessary.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • People
  • Believe
  • Truth

• You know in the West they support realistic forces.

  

  Eduard Shevardnadze
  • You
  • Know
  • Support

• I just think that is so important to keep a strong support system, to keep yourself encouraged.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Important
  • Strong
  • Support

• I Skype my mum every day. Everyone in my family does creative things, so it's nice to have that support.

  

  Tali Lennox
  • Family
  • Support
  • Nice

• It's, like, your classic journey from a drama school. I went straight to the three-year acting degree, and I waitressed throughout that to support myself and for the first six months after I graduated. Then I started to get commercials here and there, and then I got a couple of roles in Australia and then a more regular role on a TV series.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • School
  • Support
  • Myself

• I believe in free trade. I don't support regulating trade prices between different regions. Our point of view is we don't want trade barriers between different countries.

  

  Hans Vestberg
  • Believe
  • Different
  • Free

• We have reached a new milestone as a human family. With seven billion of us now inhabiting our planet, it is time to ask some fundamental questions. How can we provide a dignified life for ourselves and future generations while preserving and protecting the global commons - the atmosphere, the oceans and the ecosystems that support us?

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Life
  • Time
  • Family

• I also know that there are a lot of people around the United States who want my husband to win and who are for him and who support our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I feel good about those people, too.

  

  Laura Bush
  • People
  • Good
  • Support

• I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children.

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• I enjoy working with the American Cancer Society because I fully support its mission of saving lives and creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays for everyone.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
  • World
  • American
  • Society

• We've seen a tremendous rise in the level of anti-Muslim bigotry in our society - and against minorities of all kinds - but we've also seen a tremendous rise in support.

  

  Ibrahim Hooper
  • Society
  • Support
  • Rise

• I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • People
  • Support
  • Young

• The important thing to note is that it is not important whether Malala was shot or not - Malala is not asking for personal favors or support. She is asking for support with girls' education and women's rights. So don't support Malala, support her campaign for girls' education and women's rights.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Important
  • Women
  • She

• I wanted to write with emotional honesty and tell a story people could connect with. And I wanted people to know how the foster system in America fails children; and how, at 18, they fall through the cracks. Then we can all work together and give support.

  

  Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • People
  • Work
  • Children

• Although I voted against the initial resolution approving the war in Iraq, I have consistently voted to support our troops with much-needed armor and supplies.

  

  Ed Pastor
  • War
  • Support
  • Resolution

• I don't support terrorism and never have. As a Sri Lankan that fled war and bombings, my music is the voice of the civilian refugee.

  

  M.I.A.
  • Music
  • War
  • Support

• Physically, it's getting impossible for me to travel that much. I want to support my artists by showing up at their openings, but I can't always be in Hong Kong one minute and Geneva the next.

  

  Larry Gagosian
  • Up
  • Support
  • Travel

• I'm just opening the doors. And a lot of this is new to me - thinking about it, and letting go again and again and again, trusting that if I'm meant to continue working as a musician, it'll happen. If I'm not, then pull out the life support.

  

  Jane Siberry
  • Life
  • Thinking
  • Support

• There's something so wonderful about being an actor in New York.

  

  Karen Allen
  • Actor
  • New
  • New York

• I was in the studio so much, it was about the search for air in a metaphoric sense, and the breathing has more to do with travel for me, about the search musically for open air.

  

  Keren Ann
  • Air
  • Travel
  • Search

• My aunt is a famous L.A. chef, Susan Feniger, and she's got Street and Border Grill. So a fun night out for me is to go to my aunt's restaurants.

  

  Ben Feldman
  • She
  • Fun
  • Night

• A lot of support gets withheld out of fear of awkwardness and misspeaking.

  

  Carolyn Hax
  • Support
  • Awkwardness