“My mother used to say, "When you can learn to laugh at yourself, a lot of healing comes from that."” Quote by Kelly Carlin-McCall
“There's a grip we sometimes some of us get on our pain and suffering and our past and our wounding that we over-identify with it. If we laugh at it, we're saying, "Oh, I'm laughing at myself, which means my victimhood isn't all of who I am."” IfsMeanSometimesPainPastSufferingLaughingWho I AmOur PastPain And SufferingVictimhood Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“If you can see yourself more than just a victim, aha, now you've got the place to move into that is much more vital and creative and is resourceful than being a victim.” IfsMovingCreativeVictimResourceful Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“My father knew all about this stuff [C.W. Leadbeater]. I owe a lot of what I'm doing, I think, to him. I'm sort of continuing my father's work.” ThinkingFatherStuffContinuing Author:Paul Laffoley
“[My father] was a banker. He was the president of the Cambridge Trust Company, the head of the trust department, and he taught classes at the Harvard Business School. And he was a member of the Harvard Faculty Club, which I am, too, because what I did is... I have the same name as my father, only Jr.” SchoolFatherNamesPresidentCompanyClassTaughtMembersClubsDepartmentFacultyBankersHarvardCambridgeBusiness School Author:Paul Laffoley
“I was born rather late in [my father's] life, in his mid - 40s. And so what he did up until the time he was 15, I think probably from age 12 to 15, my grandfather made him demonstrate mediumistic powers at the Exeter Street Theater, the first Spiritualist church in the United States.” ThinkingFirstsMadeStatesAgeFatherBornChurchUnitedUnited StatesStreetsLateTheaterGrandfatherMy GrandfatherExeter Author:Paul Laffoley
“At 15 [my father] revolted against his father like any teenager, and said, "I'm out of here! What are you doing to me?" He thought he wouldn't be involved in that kind of stuff for the rest of his life. He just wanted to make money. He was one of those people who took over the family responsibility. His own father was pretty irresponsible with money and borrowed from people all the time.” PeopleKindSaidWantedFatherStuffResponsibilityInvolvedMaking MoneyTeenagerIrresponsibleBorrowedFamily Responsibility Author:Paul Laffoley
“There's always moments where you creep yourself out, and you think you heard something and you convince yourself that some spirit is in the room with you, but truly, I don't believe in any of that kind of thing. A lot of my friends really do.” ThinkingBelieveKindMomentsSpiritRoomsHeardMy FriendsDon't BelieveConvinceCreeps Author:Anna Kendrick
“[My father] was always saying I'd end up like my grandfather. Okay. My grandfather was an architect, I'm an architect. It's true, certain characteristics are similar.” EndsCertainFatherOkayCharacteristicsArchitectGrandfatherMy Grandfather Author:Paul Laffoley
“Anyway, my father became super-responsible. You know, he was the kind of person that absorbs all responsibility in the family, and then everybody else can act like a child in relation to him.” KnowsKindChildrenPersonsFatherResponsibilityRelationResponsible Author:Paul Laffoley
“When [my father] reached his majority, he was the head of the family. Everybody depended upon him. He went into a very uptight appearance; he would wear Chesterfield coats to work, Homburg hats, really getting into the whole thing. He knew people like Oscar Levant. He loved New York. He wanted to live there.” PeopleWholeWantedFatherNew YorkMajorityAppearanceHatsOscarsCoatsUptight Author:Paul Laffoley