Edwin H. Friedman Quotes
One of the most extraordinary examples of adaptation to immaturity in contemporary American society today is how the word abusive has replaced the words nasty and objectionable.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff get to you and it's not true it can drive you crazy. One thing that I have heard recently which is not true, I didn't say it, is that I believe I was quote saying 'I will never take my shirt off for a movie again.' I didn't say that.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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When you're young, you're stupid.
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Now that I've achieved my goal to win the belt, I want to be the best of all times. I want to be remembered as the lightweight with most title defenses.
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov
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It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.
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Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good.
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
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There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
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We live on a 500-acre ranch, beautiful ranch.
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Brandy is the great cause of destruction for the aborigines of America.
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Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.
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When I decided to work with Krishna Vamsi, people around me were apprehensive about my decision. They warned me that I shouldn't work with an unsuccessful director.
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My favorite actor is - I can't believe I'm saying this - is Meagan Good. I've met her in person.
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I am not saying one is better than the other. I enjoy both. But Hollywood is far more organised than Bollywood.
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Jesse Vincent: My dog is Web 2.0. Prove me wrong.Larry: Does your dog have a long tail?Damian Conway: If you enjoyed these practices, find 245 more like this in this book.Larry: Does your dog have a long tail?
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The centre of gravity of any hemisphere is on the straight line which is its axis, and divides the said straight line in such a way that the portion of it adjacent to the surface of the hemisphere has to the remaining portion the ratio which 5 has to 3.
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My solos are speech-influenced rhythmically; and harmonically, they're either pentatonic, or poly-scale oriented. And there's the mixolydian mode that I also use a lot...But I'm more interested in melodic things I think the biggest challenge when you go to play a solo is trying to invent a melody on the spot.
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People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
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The world is a raving idiot, and no man can kill it: though I’ll do my best. But you’re right. We must rescue ourselves as best we can.
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I want my words to survive translation. I know when I write a book now I will have to go and spend three days being intensely interrogated by journalists in Denmark or wherever. That fact, I believe, informs the way I write - with those Danish journalists leaning over my shoulder.
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Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.
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One of the most extraordinary examples of adaptation to immaturity in contemporary American society today is how the word abusive has replaced the words nasty and objectionable.
