Tracy is more a help to me than I am to her.
Interpretation
This quote reflects the idea that the support we receive from others can be more significant than the help we offer in return.
Michael J. Fox’s quote emphasizes the importance of relationships and support systems in our lives. It suggests that having someone who helps and supports us, like Tracy does for him, is invaluable and can often outweigh the contributions we ourselves make. This notion implies a deep appreciation for the strength and presence of others in our journey, highlighting a mutual reliance that is essential for personal growth and well-being.
In practice
During a speech about the importance of community support in overcoming challenges.
I find as long as I acknowledge the truth of something, then that's it. I know what it is and then I can operate. But if I overestimate the downside of something or the challenge of something and I get too obsessed about the difficulty of it, then I don't leave enough room to be open to the upside, the possibility.
My whole life, meeting people is like a blind date, because I feel like they've already seen the video on me.
There are no moments you have frozen in amber. It's moving, it's changing, so appreciate what's good about right now and be ready for what's next.
There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.
Certainly people have a lot tougher situations than I've had to deal with. But I will say we are all dying from the moment we are born. This is not just rehearsal.
I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.
He had learned long ago that, in general, the easier it was for anxious patients to reach him, the less likely they were to call. (107)
I’ve always wanted to be liked. It grieved me that I was treated with indifference. Left an orphan by Fortune, I wanted—like all orphans—to be the object of someone’s affection. This need has always been a hunger that went unsatisfied, and so thoroughly have I adapted to this inevitable hunger that I sometimes wonder if I really feel the need to eat. Whatever be the case, life pains me.
I was like, Am I gay? Am I straight? And I realized...I'm just slutty. Where's my parade?
I have to express sympathy from the bottom of my heart to those people who were taken as wartime comfort women. As a human being, I would like to express my sympathies, and also as prime minister of Japan I need to apologize to them.
The marriage equality ruling establishes for the American public where the majority already are - which is that love is love and discriminating against a human being based on love is idiotic.
Let us forget and forgive injuries.
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