Glennon Doyle Melton Quotes

When people express opinions that differ from yours, take it as a chance to grow. Seek to understand over being understood. Be curious, not defensive. The only way to disarm another human being is by listening.

Glennon Doyle Melton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1976

Topics

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An easy way to find your own style is to exaggerate yourself a bit and then find a balance.

Johan Lindeberg

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Nobody in the developing world is going to take, as an answer to their aspirations, the developed world's reply: 'Sorry, you can't; we've already used it all up.' To earn the right to look the developing world in the eye and start this conversation, we need a reassessment of how we live and what we want.

John Lanchester

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Technology business increasingly becomes difficult to predict because technology itself is accelerating in change, and human nature and markets are more stagnant and static. But the dynamic engine of technological innovation continues unabated.

Steve Jurvetson

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The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.

Sidney Sheldon

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My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets.

Rita Dove

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All I want kids to know is that I see them for who they are and not who everyone thinks they are.

Jason Reynolds

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More men die of jealousy than of cancer.

Joseph P. Kennedy

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The push for 'Meatless Mondays' in our military is misguided at best and goes against dietary guidelines. Our men and women in uniform should have the option to consume the protein they need, including meat, on a daily basis.

Joni Ernst

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I know gay - gay people who aren't married who are better parents than some, you know, straight people I know who are married.

Denis Leary

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I was only 8 years old on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong, 38-year-old commander of 'Apollo 11,' descended the cramped lunar module Eagle's ladder with hefty backpack and bulky spacesuit to become the first human on the moon.

Douglas Brinkley

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As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.

Chris Van Allsburg

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Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.

Bryan Stevenson

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