“I think that fear of embarrassment is the essence of the human challenge.” Quote by Frances Moore Lappé
“On the one hand, our social nature is our greatest beauty - it means that we have natural empathy and sympathy. But our social nature also means that we may let ourselves be controlled by the judgments of others, precisely because we care so much about our status in community.” MayMeanHandsCareSocialCommunityNaturalJudgmentEmpathyControlledJudgment Of Others Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“We can choose who we bring into our lives. We can choose who will reinforce our risk taking.” Our LivesRiskRisk-taking Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Twitter is the most amazing medium for a comedy writer. I can't get in every idea I want on the show no matter how hard I try to bully the other writers, so it's a way of me getting out other comic ideas and immediately getting feedback.” WayWantTryingI CanIdeasMatterHardShowsComedyMediumsComicBullyFeedbackMost Amazing Author:Mindy Kaling
“That's what happened when my own life crumbled. The people who came into my life bolstered me to take more risks, to be even more true to myself.” PeopleMy OwnRiskHappenedMy Own LifeTrue To Myself Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“I think we are at a new evolutionary stage. We evolved in tight-knit tribes in which we faced death if we didn't have the support of the rest of the tribe.” IfsThinkingSupportStageTribes Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Little wonder that it can seem unthinkable to say "no, thanks" to the modern-day equivalent of our tribe - our fear-driven culture.” LittlesSeemsCultureWonderModernDrivenThanksTribesUnthinkableModern Day Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“The problem is that our whole tribe - if you will, the larger community of humanity itself - is on a death march ecologically and in terms of the intensification of violence and conflict.” IfsWholeProblemHumanityTermCommunityViolenceConflictMarchTribes Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Breaking with the pack may be exactly what we should be doing. Saying "no" to the dominant culture that is trapping us in destructive ways of living might be the most life-serving thing we can do.” WayShouldMayMightCultureCan DoDestructiveServingPacksDominantSaying NoDominant Culture Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Fear doesn't necessarily mean that we have to stop. It doesn't mean that we are failures. It doesn't mean that we are cowards.” MeanCoward Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“[Fear] means that we are human beings walking into the unknown, and that we are risking breaking with others for something we believe in.” BelieveHumansMeanHuman BeingsWalking Author:Frances Moore Lappé