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Melody Beattie Quotes

Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: May 26, 1948

Topics

Ethics People Energy Trying Values

Every time a new CEO came, I got a promotion till I was made CEO myself.

Time Myself Promotion New CEO Made

Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist.

Architecture Artist Buildings Want

I don't ever remember wanting to do anything but coach. My dad obviously influenced me. But it wasn't because he sat there and drilled coaching stuff into our heads. We were on the bench keeping the scorebook and traveling with the team on weekends. It was such a great upbringing.

Great Me Team Remember Coaching

Part of a campaign reporter's job is allowing yourself to be used.

Job Yourself Used Reporter Part

I've always loved the mixture of crushing live drums with a programmed groove, that really cool blend, like in the verse there's a really funky drum beat that is programmed then it comes in to the chorus; you've got that enormous human feel where the band kicks in.

Live Cool Loved Feel You Human

I just loved to play. I liked to study the other ballplayers. I could talk about it for ages, because I played professional ball for 20 years, and I was still learning when I quit.

Learning Loved Professional Play

Even when I was living below the poverty line as a novelist, I was still living better than 99.5% of the human population of the world. But in my little, soft realm of trying to amuse a few dozen middle-class people with my books and articles, I did struggle to survive in my own way.

Struggle People World Survive Better

The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family.

Christopher Lasch

Family People Conflict Believe Ask

There's a guy in London named Ben Cohen who is doing great things. In a way, we need people like Ben - we need straight guys to come out and say, 'What're you worried about? Get over yourself.' That's what we need! Because no one's listening to us - certainly, no one is listening to me.

Great Yourself People Me Listening

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.

Perspective Understanding Important

Our new app increases the exposure of Engel & Volkers' premier services and properties to the growing number of iPad users who are researching their real estate markets, locally and globally.

Real Estate New Growing Real App

Media always comments if I wear the same thing twice.

Media Same Always Twice Wear Thing

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