Edwin H. Friedman Quotes
The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard. People can only hear you when they are moving toward you, and they are not likely to when your words are pursuing them. Even the choicest words lose their power when they are used to overpower. Attitudes are the real figures of speech.Edwin H. Friedman
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
Gary Coleman -
When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
Pat Metheny -
Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
Indra Nooyi -
I hope to get out before they start football next year.
Bear Bryant -
I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
Taylor Momsen -
I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's probably why I kept moving. I like to evolve.
Olivier Theyskens
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I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.
Vanna White -
We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
Barton Gellman -
I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.
Queen Latifah -
I try to get over to Iraq and Afghanistan as much as I can.
R. Lee Ermey -
Female clothing seems to be extremely difficult and almost like a puzzle for a man to take off. But I think if you get there, you win. A kilt is the complete opposite. The kilt is so easy to take off.
Sam Heughan -
I'm from L.A. I'm an actor. I'm a flake.
Ted Danson
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Once we relieve them from sanctions, their economy opens up, and they can sell oil and pistachios and whatever else they sell around the world. That was why Iran needed a deal. Everyone knows they fund terrorism around the world. Having that extra money will add a lot of problems and create a lot more hot spots.
Dan Webster -
You know, I think I am faintly spiritual.
Damian Lewis -
In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed.
Imran Khan -
I generally fall sick if I eat very heavy food.
Nargis Fakhri -
My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.
Mae Whitman -
I don't like looking outrageous.
Sade Adu
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In order to figure out how to make atoms compute, you have to learn how to speak their language and to understand how they process information under normal circumstances.
Seth Lloyd -
He is not someone who went off to play in Europe and only a few Americans follow. He has the potential to be on magazine covers and more newspaper coverage.
Lamar Hunt -
She turned to face him. She reached over and touched his hand, hesitantly, gently, amazed that after all these years had somehow known exactly what she'd needed to hear. When their eyes locked, she once again realized how special he was. And just for a fleeting moment, a tiny wisp of time that hung in the air like fireflies in summer skies, she wondered if she was in love with him again.
Nicholas Sparks -
Of course, I will continue acting. I just need to dispel the Telugu and Tamil cinema's insecurities about married actresses. I don't know about others. But I am not going anywhere after marriage.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu -
I've always been interested in technology, but specifically how we can use machines to engage the imagination. I started using computers when I was young and was fascinated by creating rules and instructions that allow a computer to engage in a dialogue with humans. The stories found in the data all around us can do just that.
Aaron Koblin -
The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard. People can only hear you when they are moving toward you, and they are not likely to when your words are pursuing them. Even the choicest words lose their power when they are used to overpower. Attitudes are the real figures of speech.
Edwin H. Friedman