“I'm committed to the idea that one of the few things human beings have to offer is the richness of unconscious and conscious emotional responses to being alive. ... The kind of esteem that's given to brightness/smartness obliterates average people or slow learners from participating fully in human life, particularly technical and intellectual life. But you cannot exclude any human being from emotional participation.” PeopleHumansKindIdeasGivenHuman BeingsAliveEmotionalOffersIntellectualConsciousResponseAverageCommittedEsteemHuman LifeUnconsciousParticipationRichnessBrightnessParticipatingLearnersSmartnessIntellectual LifeEmotional Response Author:Ntozake Shange
“Regardless, heterosexual marriage is largely in trouble today because people see it as a selfish means of pleasing self, rather than a committed relationship in which the focus is on meeting the needs of the partner, that sense of selfishness and the redefinition of love as to something that is purely sentimental and emotional, has been destructive.” PeopleLoveNeedsMeanHas BeensSelfTodayFocusTroubleEmotionalMeetingsCommittedPartnersSelfishSelfishnessDestructiveSentimentalSense Of SelfCommitted RelationshipHeterosexual Marriage Author:Mike Huckabee
“But look at Avatar (2009), one of the most globally viewed pieces of entertainment to have ever been made - the central emotional event of the whole movie was a tree being cut down. And the entire movie, essentially, is saying, "If we let the military industrial complex trash the place that we're living in, we will have committed an epic crime."” IfsLooksMadeWholePiecesCuttingTreeMilitaryEventsCrimeEmotionalDown AndComplexesCommittedEntertainmentEpicTrashMilitary Industrial Complex Author:Edward Norton
“In the consumer culture of marriage, commitments last as long as the other person is meeting our needs. We still believe in commitment, because we know that committed relationships are good for us, but powerful voices coming from inside and outside tell us that we are suckers if we settle for less than we think we need and deserve in our marriage. Most baby boomers and their offspring carry in our heads the internalized voice of the consumer culture-to encourage us to stop working so hard or to get out of a marriage that is not meeting our current emotional needs.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsBelievePersonsLongStillsHardLastsCultureVoicePowerfulEmotionalBabyDeserveCommitmentMeetingsCurrentsCommittedConsumersSettlingOffspringSuckerBoomersBaby BoomerConsumer CultureInside And OutsideEmotional NeedsWorking So HardCommitted Relationship Author:William J Doherty
“I think there is nothing that can replace your emotional response. The biggest mistakes I have ever made in my life are when people told me, "You really should produce this. It's a guaranteed hit." I would read the material and I would go, "I don't get it, but okay, I'll produce it." You're giving up that much of your life, your time with family and friends, to something that you're not really committed to - and they did not pan out the way everyone said they would, even though I worked just as hard.” PeopleThinkingGivingMistakeEmotionalGiving UpOkayResponseCommittedFamily And FriendsBiggest Mistake Author:Gale Anne Hurd