We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives . . ., not looking for flaws, but for potential.
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Americans once expected parents to raise their children in accordance with the dominant cultural messages. Today they are expected to raise their children in opposition to them. Once the chorus of cultural values was full of ministers, teachers, neighbors, leaders. They demanded more conformity, but offered more support. Now the messengers are violent cartoon characters, rappers and celebrities selling sneakers. Parents are considered 'responsible' only if they are successful in their resistance. Thats what makes child-raising harder. Its not just that American families have less time with their kids its that we have to spend more of this time doing battle with our own culture.Ellen Goodman
some people hate the president so much that it's impossible to have a conversation with them.
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Frankly, people who buy Showtime pay-per-view are supporting him and supporting the notion that you can get away with anything.
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You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever.
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When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need.
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Once upon a time we were just plain people. But that was before we began having relationships with mechanical systems. Get involved with a machine and sooner or later you are reduced to a factor.
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