Edwin H. Friedman Quotes
A willingness to be exposed and vulnerable. One of the major limitations of imagination’s fruits is the fear of standing out. It is more than a fear of criticism. It is anxiety at being alone, of being in a position where one can rely little on others, a position that puts one’s own resources to the test, a position where one will have to take total responsibility for one’s own response to the environment. Leaders must not only not be afraid of that position; they must come to love it.
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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I kept thinking I would be spending my life up to my elbows in shampoo.
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Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.
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The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.
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Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour.
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My mother was keen that I complete my graduation and never ever wanted me to be in the movies, as my father had made five films that lost money. One of the films he made was 'Agneepath,' which was hugely hyped but underwhelming at the box office, and I remember that my dad had to sell my grandmother's flat to pay off the loan.
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'Stand By You' is about sticking by the person you love not only when things are easy, but being there for them during trials and letting them know they aren't alone.
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I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
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Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.
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Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired.
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Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.
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A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
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According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on his own syllabic trapeze.
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I wish I could prove that he hypnotized me... That would give me a reason for doing such a dumb thing.
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'You don't pay prostitutes to come to your house; you pay them to leave.'
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We have to ask if it is once again the summer of 1914. Small acts of terror in the Middle East, in South Asia, could lead to cataclysm as they did in Sarajevo.
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I'm part Bridget Jones, part Larry David. I'm shy; I'm prude.
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I kept as still as I could. Nothing happened. I did not expect anything to happen. I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want to be anything more. I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire, whether it is sun and air, or goodness and knowledge. At any rate, that is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep.
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Courage is the antidote to danger.
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Love is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.
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He who loves not flowers, has lost all love and fear of God.
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I travelled among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea; Nor England! did I know till then What love I bore to thee.
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A willingness to be exposed and vulnerable. One of the major limitations of imagination’s fruits is the fear of standing out. It is more than a fear of criticism. It is anxiety at being alone, of being in a position where one can rely little on others, a position that puts one’s own resources to the test, a position where one will have to take total responsibility for one’s own response to the environment. Leaders must not only not be afraid of that position; they must come to love it.
