Reframing Quotes

• From now on, I want you to practice reframing other people's negativity as a reminder of how not to be.

  T. Harv Eker

  Practice, People, Negativity

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Mar 29, 2013

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• Reframing an extract as a quotation constitutes a kind of coauthorship. With no change in wording, the cited passage becomes different. I imagine that the thrill of making an anthology includes the opportunity to become such a coauthor.

  Gary Saul Morson

  Opportunity, Different, Thrill

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• When I was growing up, my dad would encourage my brother and I to fail. We would be sitting at the dinner table and he would ask, 'So what did you guys fail at this week?' If we didn't have something to contribute, he would be disappointed. When I did fail at something, he'd high-five me. What I didn't realize at the time was that he was completely reframing my definition of failure at a young age. To me, failure means not trying; failure isn't the outcome. If I have to look at myself in the mirror and say, 'I didn't try that because I was scared,' that is failure.

  Sara Blakely

  Success, Brother, Growing Up

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• Change is a pesky notion. For many folks, the biggest challenge in changing their eating habits isn't money, time, or education; it's reframing their connection between food and love.

  Kris Carr

  Challenges, And Love, Connections

  "Love, Eat, Heal" by Kris Carr, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 22, 2012.

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• The spirit that I am advocating is reframing how we view the world, and shifting from the negativity of lack and "not enough" to the positive frame of aligning with Nature.

  Frances Moore Lappé

  Views, Negativity, World

  Interview with Karen Brown, blog.etsy.com. July 23, 2013.

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• Beware of anyone who calls you bad names merely for asking honest questions. Beware of anyone who insists on reframing your sincere curiosity as a character defect. Beware of anyone who questions your motives while ignoring your facts. When someone calls you bad names merely for asking questions, it suggests they know the answer but are terrified to admit it.

  Jim Goad

  Character, Asking Questions, Names

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• If history shows anything, it is that there's no better way to justify relations founded on violence, to make such relations seem moral, than by reframing them in the language of debt—above all, because it immediately makes it seem that it's the victim who's doing something wrong.

  David Graeber

  Debt, Way, Violence

  David Graeber (2014). “Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years”, p.16, Melville House

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• Successfully reframing the climate debate in the United States from one based on environmental values to one based on health values...holds great promise to help American society better understand and appreciate the risks of climate change.

  George Mason

  Appreciate, Risk, Promise

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• By all means, avoid words—threats, complaints, justification, narratives, reframing, attempts to win arguments, supplications; avoid words!

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Mean, Winning, Narrative

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.95, Random House

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• I think that writers often try too hard in the name of expression, when often it's just a matter of reframing what's around you or republishing a preexisting text into a new environment that makes for a successful work.

  Kenneth Goldsmith

  Successful, Thinking, Expression

  Interview with Dave Mandl, believermag.com. October 2011.

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