"Consequential strangers help us stretch beyond the relatively rigid boxes that the people who have known us the longest - our family and close friends - often put us into. Through interacting with people who do not know us as well, we are more free to experiment with ourselves, and less likely to have our new behaviors and roles reflected back to us by people who object, 'But that's not like you!'"

-- Melinda Blau

#People Quotes #Roles Quotes #Helping Quotes

“Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.”
“I don't want to grow up,' Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as long as I want to. I play loud music and scream for a living.”
“Non-aqueous solutions don't conduct.”
“Comedy is important! When youre having a stressful day, and you come home, you want to watch something that makes you laugh.”
“The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own choice.”
“I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go”
“There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.”
“I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'”

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