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Some artists are normal people who just happen to make things because we can't figure out how in the hell to communicate with people. ↗

— Scott Nicholson

#communication #communication

A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#language #simpicity #truth #communication

Keep to the 'I-statements' and discuss your feelings, she lectured herself. I think, I feel. Don't be accusatory. Don't tell him that he is an insecure prick who should back off before you deck him. Instead, say, 'I feel you are acting like an insecure prick who should back off before I deck you. ↗

— Thomm Quackenbush

#communication #fight #fighting #communication

The more you communicate love in your relationship, you breathe new life into it. ↗

— Elizabeth Bourgeret

#life #love #relationship #communication

The greatest thing I learned while taking classes at Second City was the very first thing they taught: 'Yes, and...'. In improv, you keep scenes alive but accepting whatever you are given and then adding to it or amplifying it. There is no space on stage for 'No,' 'I'm sorry, you're mistaken,' or 'Yes, but...'. Those transitions kill energy, set up interpersonal conflict, engage the ego in a defensive posture, and stymie the flow of conversation onstage. ↗

— Jason Seiden

#defensiveness #good-advice #improv #interpersonal-communication #interpersonal-relationships

She won't know it if I'm not say it." Say that 3 times, and you should know what's the main problem. ↗

— Olivia Sinaga

#love #man-woman #relationship #communication

It doesn't matter if people doesn't know that you do a good thing nor the right thing. But he nor she must know your expression of love. ↗

— Olivia Sinaga

#expression #love #relationship #communication

Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees. Get out of your comfort zone even if it means being uncomfortable. The road less traveled is sometimes fraught with barricades bumps and uncharted terrain. But it is on that road where your character is truly tested And have the courage to accept that you’re not perfect nothing is and no one is — and that’s OK. ↗

— Katie Couric

#failture #inspiration #road-less-traveled #courage

Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#bravery #courage #curiousity #freedom #heroism

Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. ↗

— Miguel Ruiz

#communication