One of the things that I've come to understand is that as I talk a lot about Picard, what I find is that I'm talking about myself.
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As a child, I heard in my home doctors and ambulance men say, 'Mrs. Stewart, you must've done something to provoke him.' 'Mrs. Stewart, it takes two to make an argument.' Wrong. Wrong! My mother did nothing to provoke that - and even if she had, violence is never ever a choice that a man should make. Ever.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that violence is unjustifiable in any circumstance, regardless of provocation.
Patrick Stewart reflects on a troubling narrative surrounding domestic violence, rejecting the idea that provocation justifies an abusive response. He asserts that regardless of a person's actions, violence is an unacceptable choice that cannot be condoned.
In practice
In a speech against domestic violence, this quote would serve to highlight the unacceptability of justifying abusive behavior.
One of the things that I've come to understand is that as I talk a lot about Picard, what I find is that I'm talking about myself.
I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.
Violence against women is learned. Each of us must examine - and change - the way in which our own behavior might contribute to, enable, ignore or excuse all such forms of violence. I promise to do so, and to invite other me and allies to do the same.
But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.
I would like to see us get this place right first before we have the arrogance to put significantly flawed civilizations out onto other planets, even though they may be utterly uninhabited.
The knights of the theater represented to me not only the pinnacle of the profession but the esteem in which the profession was held. To find myself, to my astonishment, in that company is the grandest thing that has professionally happened to me.
When Catherine told me about this (tragedy nearby), I could only say, shocked, "Dear God, that family needs grace." She replied firmly, "That family needs casseroles," and then proceeded to organize the entire neighborhood into bringing that family dinner, in shifts, every single night, for an entire year. I do not know if my sister fully recognizes that this _is_ grace.
Be obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was in the flesh to the Father, and the apostles to Christ and to the Father and to the Spirit, so that there may be unity in flesh and in spirit.
Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
Not much about California, on its own preferred terms, has encouraged its children to see themselves as connected to one another.
I hurt easy, I just don't show it. You can hurt someone and not even know it.
People are in one of two states in a relationship,” Gottman went on. “The first is what I call positive sentiment override, where positive emotion overrides irritability. It’s like a buffer. Their spouse will do something bad, and they’ll say, ‘Oh, he’s just in a crummy mood.’ Or they can be in negative sentiment override, so that even a relatively neutral thing that a partner says gets perceived as negative.
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