Mariella Frostrup quotes

Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in, external situations cause internal friction, you grow apart and then bounce back together. (Mariella Frostrup)
Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for. View quote
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Placing "amicable" and "separation" together creates an oxymoron - we don't usually decide to end a partnership until the very sight of our soon-to-be ex fills us with disgust, misery, agony or a combination of all three. View quote
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It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair. View quote
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The great advantage of being human is that we can employ rational thought and resolve to change our circumstances. View quote
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There are two ways of approaching your time on this planet: one is to sit around waiting for something to happen that will make sense of your existence, and the other is to get out there and find purpose for yourself. View quote
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In romance we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship we tend to do the opposite, avoiding confrontation through fear, lethargy or both. View quote
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From Mozambique to Chad, South Africa and Liberia, Sierra Leone to Burkina Faso, feminism is the buzzword for a generation of women determined to change the course of the future for themselves and their families. View quote
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Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it. View quote
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Far too many girls' and women's romantic relationships are formed around a negation of their own worth and attributes rather than a confirmation of them. View quote
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With longer life spans and better health and education, many feel that giving birth to a baby a mere couple of decades after they themselves were in the cradle is a little premature. (Mariella Frostrup)
Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we believe in the relationship of the protagonists. View quote
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In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security arrangements. View quote
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Seeing the world differently is one of the toughest incompatibilities to reconcile in a relationship. View quote
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Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too! View quote
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Too often we forget that an ideal partner is someone who enhances an already full existence. View quote
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As a species, we tend to be doers, forever shaping and reshaping the world to better suit our purposes. View quote
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When the going gets tough, the prospect of delegating half your responsibilities to a willing volunteer, either to play a supporting role or take over the breadwinning, certainly holds allure. View quote
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Contrary to popular mythology, the best and most durable relationships are based not on vulnerability or passion but on a conjugation of positive attributes, a meeting of mind, body and soul that is all the more powerful as it is not weighed down with neediness and unreasonable expectation. View quote
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Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory. View quote
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The point of the feminist movement wasn't simply to set our underwear on fire and muscle into small spaces in the male-dominated workplace, but to create a world where the contribution of both sexes was equally valued and no one's worth was judged on their take-home salary. (Mariella Frostrup)
When I last looked, there weren't queues of eager guys under 40 hanging outside single ladies' doors begging them to give up work and have their babies. It takes two to tango and the same number, without medical help, to make a child. View quote
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Having lived a full and stimulating life before I had my kids, I've relished every minute I've had to spend with them and felt a degree of confidence in dealing with their trials and tribulations to date. View quote
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Having a baby is a disaster for your career. I don't think there's any sympathy. View quote
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We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a romantic dinner, weeks wondering how to celebrate a partner or parent's birthday, and seconds forgetting a friend's important anniversary. View quote
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