“Somehow, in many of those near-miss instances, I've managed to fight through and continue. But in all these situations, even when they're apparently going well, I feel I am living on the razor's edge between success and failure, adulation and humiliation - between justifying my existence and revealing my unworthiness to be alive.” FeelsWellsFightingExistenceSituationAliveMissingEdgesInstanceHumiliationRevealingSuccess And FailureLiving OnRazorsAdulationNear Misses Author:Scott Stossel
“We all create expectations of what we would like to happen after a decision is made. The picture in our mind's eye might have served a valuable function in helping to make a decision. But once the decision is made, let the picture go. Since you can't control the future, the picture can create unhappiness if it's not fulfilled. Disappointment may make you miss the good that can come out of every situation in which you find yourself.” IfsMindMayMadeHelpingMightHappensEyeDecisionSituationMissingExpectationsFunctionDisappointmentValuableFinding YourselfUnhappinessFulfilled Book:Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway Source: Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway
“I'm the only one in my family who is deaf, and there are still conversations that go around me that I miss out on. And I ask what's going on, and I have to ask to be included. But I'm not going to be sad about it. I don't live in sad isolation. It's just a situation I'm used to.” StillsUsedAsksSituationMissingConversationMy FamilyIsolationDeafDeafness Author:Marlee Matlin
“People who feel insecure in social situations never miss a chance to exhibit their dominance over close, submissive friends, whomthey put down publicly, in front of everyone--by teasing, for example.” PeopleFeelsSocialChanceSituationMissingFrontsExampleInsecureHumiliationExhibitsDominanceTeaseSubmissive Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Most of what I read is for reviewing purposes or related to something I want to write about. It's slightly utilitarian. I definitely miss that sense of being a disinterested reader who's reading purely for the pleasure of imagining his way into emotional situations and vividly realized scenes in nineteenth-century France or late nineteenth-century Russia.” WayWantWritingPurposeReadingPleasureSituationCenturyMissingEmotionalReaderSceneLateRussiaFranceRelatedNineteenth CenturyDisinterestedUtilitarian Author:Pankaj Mishra
“When we aren't alert, we miss opportunities to improve ourselves. We should always watch for circumstances or situations that can help or harm us and be eager to learn from these encounters.” ShouldHelpingOpportunitySituationWatchesMissingCircumstancesHarmEncountersMissing Opportunity Author:John Wooden
“To me a translator is very, very important. If the fixer is also the translator, so much the better. I have known photographers who didn't speak the language and would work in a place for weeks without one, getting by on common sense and smiles. But how many situations did they miss because they couldn't talk to someone and get the back story on details, small daily life things, etc.” IfsImportantStoriesSpeakLanguageCommonSituationKnownWeekMissingPhotographerDetailsCommon SenseEtcDaily LifeTranslatorsFixers Author:Peter Menzel
“I also miss the support that I had of so many people. You know I'm a very Ma and Pa operation right now, and I was used to having everything working for me. It was a similar situation when I left Anne Klein and started Donna Karan. All of a sudden I was working in my apartment and it was, "Oh my god, what am I doing?"” PeopleKnowsUsedLeftSituationSupportMissingRight NowOperationsApartment Author:Donna Karan
“I'm very attached to my family and protective of them and miss them, and that situation, my connection with that can make me become very vulnerable.” SituationMissingMy FamilyConnectionsVulnerableProtective Author:Jimmy Cliff
“Even though kids may have planned for months for the trip to Disneyland, some may be feeling very homesick, very forlorn, or very marginalized by the group. Your capacity to perceive those kinds of situations and respond to them in a pastoral way is the stuff you are teaching. And even though the kids may appear to be ignoring you, they are very aware of what you are doing and how you are doing it. They are also very aware of what you are missing and not picking up on.” WayKindMayFeelingsKidsStuffSituationGroupsTeachingMissingMonthsCapacityPerceiveDisneylandMarginalizedHomesickForlornIgnoring You Author:Parker J. Palmer
“I think Jeff [Van Gundy] is really, really good and fun to listen to. And I would be disappointed if - I know he offered to not be a part of the broadcast - he wasn't on the air. We'd all miss something. I think the [brother situation] adds the human element.” IfsThinkingKnowsHumansWould BeFunSituationAirMissingBrotherElementsAddDisappointedVans Author:Joe Buck
“We had early on women having the right to vote, then women in the workforce during WWII, just going back in history, and then we had the higher education of women, and then women more fully participating in the economy and in business, the professions, education, you name the subject... but the missing link has always been: is there quality, affordable healthcare for all women, regardless of what their family situation might be?” MightNamesQualitySituationEconomySubjectsMissingHigherVoteProfessionLinksHealthcareWwiiAffordableParticipatingHigher EducationRight To VoteWorkforce Author:Nancy Pelosi
“It's a weird situation, doing interviews. Nowhere else in the world can you talk about yourself and have people listen like they're interested over and over. Most people, if they talked about themselves for a half an hour, you'd go, "I'll give them a miss next time." So it's kind of weird.” PeopleWorldGivingKindHoursSituationMissingAbout YourselfNext Time Author:Jason Pierce
“Not working in journalism enables full attention to writing projects, which is good. But I miss the benefits of daily contact with people who are younger, energetic, engaged. And the necessary involvement with people and places and situations that enrich the imagination. I miss the enforced encounters with unusual projections of reality.” PeopleWritingRealityImaginationAttentionSituationMissingJournalismUnusualInvolvementEnergetic Author:Linden MacIntyre