Edwin H. Friedman Quotes
The function of a leader within any institution: to provide that regulation through his or her non-anxious, self-defined presence.
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'ReadyMade''s first three issues dished out instructions for all sorts of kitschy crafts and odd projects: homemade wallets, Adirondack chairs, even taxidermy.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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January 14, 2000, was my first time on stage, and I've been hooked ever since. I got discovered nationally in Seattle by the now-defunct HBO Comedy Festival, and that led to an appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' and a path to a professional comedy career.
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I come from a theater background, and if you're doing a play, your audience is right there, and you're able to have that one-on-one experience. Doing more TV now, when fans come up to me on the street and talk to me on social media, that's a way to bridge that gap.
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'Iggy' was my dog - he was named after Iggy Pop - and 'Azalea' is the street where I grew up; together, they have the right amount of syllables to make the perfect name.
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Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.
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I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.
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I came down to Orange because I sold the Smothers Brothers a song called 'Chocolate,' and that gave me enough money to move down here. I was washing windows down in Orange County when they called me up and said they wanted me to do their TV show.
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I don't know where my fashion sense comes from, exactly. I've always been interested in, not necessarily being unique, but not necessarily sticking to the preexisting paradigm - whether it be clothes or music or whatever.
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I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.
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A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.
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Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.
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Much of our brainpower goes unused, and many people could benefit greatly from optimizing their mental assets.
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'Star Trek' put sci-fi on the map and changed television, and 'Battlestar' has changed it in another direction by making it a little more mainstream and acceptable to people who wouldn't normally watch sci-fi.
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A goal properly set is halfway reached.
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Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.
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[A]ny desired additional nicotine 'kick' could be easily obtained through pH regulation.
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A military leader often faces a situation he has to deal with, but because it is his duty, no court can try him.
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So many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create 'social justice' is giving them enough power to destroy all justice, all freedom, and all human dignity.
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To an old leader will be born an idiot heir, weak both in knowledge and in war.
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The function of a leader within any institution: to provide that regulation through his or her non-anxious, self-defined presence.
