“I think very often when we think we are aiming at the best for our children, what we are really doing is trying to position them for competitive success in an intensely driven kind of society. I'm not sure that always leads to the good life or to happiness.” ThinkingTryingKindChildrenPositionOur ChildrenDrivenNot SureGood Life Author:Michael Sandel
“If you start from a position of I'm a no-hoper, in a paradoxical kind of way you are not risking being vulnerable.” IfsWayKindPositionVulnerableParadoxical Author:Philippa Perry
“The Problem is: many terrific women have made themselves overqualified for the job of wife, because many men are looking for a woman with 'receptionist-level wife skills', not 'CEO-level wife skills'. Meaning: If a woman doesn't hang on a man's every word, is too independent, challenges his leadership, wants to create her own hours, demands emotional raises, then there won't be as many openings for the kind of wife position she is seeking. One of the big problems with marriages in the nineties: no room for two husbands.” IfsMenWantKindMadeTwoProblemBigsJobsHoursChallengesLevelsRoomsWifePositionEmotionalSkillsHusbandDemandIndependentRaisesSeekingOpeningCeoTerrificHeartlessBig ProblemsReceptionistsOverqualified Author:Karen Salmansohn
“I'm in a position where - I mean, not a lot of people are in a very fortunate position - where I kind of have the power to choose what I want to do in a way.” PeopleWayWantKindMeanPositionFortunate Author:Logan Lerman
“Martin [Luther King] wasn't, basically, the kind of person - certainly at the stage that I knew him closest - wasn't the kind of person you could engage in dialogue with, certainly, if the dialogue questioned the almost exclusive rightness of his position.” IfsKindPersonsStagePositionKingsDialogueClosestLutherExclusive Author:Ella Baker
“The relationship to the director is becoming more crucial to me, making sure there are some common goals. I haven't been in the kind of position where my roles have been chosen for me, where someone says, "First we'll do this and then we'll do this," and it's all part of some master plan.” FirstsKindHas BeensGoalCommonRolesPlansHavensPositionMastersBecomingDirectorsChosenCrucialBecoming MoreCommon Goal Author:Kathy Bates
“Although, my guess is that what Donald Trump will do tonight is to try to thread that needle by kind of softening his policy position or maybe just the questions about what you do with those 11 million, while getting tough on criminal migrants.” TryingKindMillionsPolicyPositionTrumpToughCriminalsTonightThreadNeedlesMigrants Author:Michelle Goldberg
“Like the kind of voter who has been turned off to [Donald] Trump, who would normally vote Republican in an election like this, that`s who we`re talking about, can they get past - even if he comes to a position that`s more agreeable for them, a tone that`s more agreeable, can they get past the last year?” IfsYearsKindHas BeensLastsPastTalkingPositionTrumpRepublicanVoteElectionToneVotersLast YearTurned Off Author:Steve Kornacki
“No one who lies is linked to God. God is the truth. He says, 'I am the Way, the Truth and the Life' (Jn. 14:6). See how we sort ourselves out and what position we take up through lying ? clearly on the side of the evil one. If, therefore, we want to be saved, we must with all our hearts love the Truth and guard ourselves from every kind of falsehood so that we may not be separated from truth and from life.” IfsWayWantHeartKindMayChristianLyingEvilSidesPositionSavedOrthodoxFalsehoodLinkedHeart Love Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
“If the simple positions of ballet are demonstrated straight on, they seem quite dull and lifeless, but when put on a diagonal, they begin to take on all kinds of possibilities.” IfsKindSeemsSimplePossibilityPositionAll KindsDullBalletLifelessDiagonal Author:Lucinda Childs