Edwin H. Friedman Quotes
But what is clear about pain universally is this: To the extent that we are motivated to get on with life, we seem to be able to tolerate more pain; in other words, our threshold seems to increase. Conversely, to the extent that we are unmotivated to get out of our chair, our threshold seems to go down.Edwin H. Friedman
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
Idina Menzel -
Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
Nancy Cartwright -
I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
Hansika Motwani -
Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.'
Oriana Fallaci -
The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
Ferdinand Marcos -
Couples counseling gets many couples back together. But not all, and not always. For your own sake and that of your children, however, I recommend it - I almost insist on it - as the first step for anyone unhappy in a relationship.
Laura Wasser
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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
Queen Elizabeth II -
If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.
Victoria Smurfit -
I know you have a heavy heart, I can feel it when we kissSo many men stronger than meHave thrown their backs out trying to lift itBut me I'm not a gambleYou can count on me to splitThe love I sell you in the evening by the morning won't exist.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes -
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Annie Dillard -
If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it's bad.
James Cameron -
I do live in a couple of worlds. My home is in Kentucky. I fly out to Los Angeles when I'm working.
Ciara Bravo
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While filming 'The Matrix,' we studied how a Chinese fight-choreography team trains actors before production starts so that they can participate in action sequences in a more dynamic way.
David Leitch -
I like the feeling of making things. It's very very rewarding. And filmmaking is that type of experience, where you're forced to collaborate with so many people. You're involved in the beginning to end, you're involved with so many elements, and when it's done, you're like, 'I made this movie.'
Chris Evans -
Everybody asks me questions about the inside of James Franco's mouth.
Busy Philipps -
As long as I know that I give my best every time, I can sleep well knowing that.
Ciara -
We have anticipated releasing the trailer for 'Do You Believe?' to audiences, as so many have been looking forward to this project as the follow up release to 'God's Not Dead.'
David A. R. White -
It's good to draw spectators to the grounds, but I don't think Twenty20 will help you produce good Test cricketers.
Garfield Sobers
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When you wake up in the morning looking for the light, the light will come.
Oprah Winfrey -
I won't join another band again.
Jack White The White Stripes -
And hope is like love... a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing.
Kate DiCamillo -
If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?
Samuel Johnson -
But what is clear about pain universally is this: To the extent that we are motivated to get on with life, we seem to be able to tolerate more pain; in other words, our threshold seems to increase. Conversely, to the extent that we are unmotivated to get out of our chair, our threshold seems to go down.
Edwin H. Friedman