Mara Brock Akil Quotes

I do think that people have a desire to talk about issues they may have wanted to avoid before.

Arguments are healthy. They clear the air.

I think it was one of the better meetings that I've had with those guys, because I was honestly able to say everything I wanted to say, and I pretty much aired out the dirty laundry. So from that point on, I thought all of that was behind us.

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

I knew that part of the problem with sensitive issues is that, because they're uncomfortable to address, we have a hard time doing so honestly, if at all.

People are so afraid to talk about real things, but they're experiences that everyone goes through.

I always found that if you handle a problem in a benevolent way and a transparent way and involve other people, so it's just not your personal opinion, that people get to the other side of these difficult conversations being more enthusiastic.

Our best comes out when we have honest discussions.

When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.

What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going to have to agree to disagree. And when you go to bed at night, kiss each other and tell each other that you love each other. Don't go to bed mad. Life is too short. Keep it simple.

Individuals will speak their minds, which I think is healthy.

It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to work that closely together.

Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.

It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers.

I think that people have to reward those individuals who are prepared to work across the political aisle. I don't see any other way; if you don't talk to people with whom you disagree, you're never going to solve problems.

The only way to conduct an effective collaboration is to debate the things upon which you disagree. If one doesn't manage to bring the other around to his point of view, then whichever collaborator feels the most passionate about the thing being debated ought to get his way.

If women just got into it a little more, then the world would be happier. Instead of stabbing each other behind the back, just get into a fight, and then everything is out in the open.

I'd say that if you had a strained relationship with your mom, for whatever reason, the best thing to do is be open with each other, talk it over, try and work it out somehow as opposed to just putting a wall up and pushing them away.

Talk about your problems. There's no need to feel shy. It's always good to talk about issues that concern you.

Reasonable people can reasonably disagree on policy.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

Just open, honest communication is the best thing in the world.

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.