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There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over - and to let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its value. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#denying #exit #go #graceful #job

When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#i #like #look #need #often

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#deep #describe #driven #even #minds

We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook? ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#always #appreciated #closeness #criticize #distance

Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me. ↗

— John Goodman

#likes #loaf #me #more #nobody

But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month it is half the time when he's working. ↗

— John Goodman

#al pacino #bad #even #half #i

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter. ↗

— Nadine Gordimer

#change #how #measure #much #passing

I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out. ↗