Art Linkletter, a once famous television personality, coined the phrase "Kids say the darndest things!" I have found this also to be true of friends. We all have friends, from mere acquaintances to intimate relationships, with social friends being somewhere in the middle of the span. We meet them at School, work, Church and many different places. I had the pleasant misfortune of making friends with three very different types of people whom I'll call the dominators, the dependers, and the equalizers. .
The dominators are those "know-it-all" types that have to be the center of attention in nearly every situation. They seem to have knowledge covering every subject known to mankind. They proudly display their knowledge in each and every meeting by speaking with self-appointed authority about the topic under discussion. Being courteous, they wait to be the last person to share in a conversation, or until the internal pressure is about to cause spontaneous combustion before gracing the group with their vast wisdom. Then they go through a series of "one-upmanship" comments about previous speakers to prove how much more knowledge they have than their peers. They are always ready to tell others the right way (their way) to manage their lives. For example one of my friends, constantly seeks to tell others how he has found the answers. He'll pry his way into a conversation, probing a person to reveal a personal dilemma, all in the name of helping a fellow human being. Then he will fill the next 15 minutes with a non-stop harangue of what to do to fix the problem. They accomplish this feat by quite literally dominating conversations. One way they do this is by speaking as frequently and as long as present company will permit. Frequently, they speak and act outside the "norm." That is, the normal speech volume for them is usually twice as loud as most people. They will also act with an over-exuberant amount of compassion for their point, as they speak down from their Olympian heights.
They are like the friends we never had. Friends has remained at or near the top of the Nielsen ratings since it came out. ... The six friends live the life that is stereotypical of Generation X. ... They are like the friends we never had. ... Friends is part of NBC's "Must-See TV,...
I did my project on the popular TV show, Friends. ... I think in some ways, Friends does portray reality but in other ways it doesn't. ... There is a cover shot of the title, "Friends" in front of a city background. ... "Friends" does have an opening theme song. ...
For ten years in a row, over 30 million North American viewers tune into NBC every Thursday night to catch up with the lives of their favourite friends making Friends the number one primetime series. ... I radio hit, giving Friends a jump start to their ratings. ... NBC Studios has maintained an astounding 46% lead in viewers for Friends over CBS's Survivor at 8:00. Official Friends Awards Friends" successfulness is the main reason why it and its cast have accumulated so many awards over their ten years running. ... But Friends doesn't give out this kind of money without ...
For ten years in a row, over 30 million North American viewers tune into NBC every Thursday night to catch up with the lives of their favourite friends making Friends the number one primetime series. ... I radio hit, giving Friends a jump start to their ratings. ... NBC Studios has maintained an astounding 46% lead in viewers for Friends over CBS's Survivor at 8:00. Official Friends Awards Friends" successfulness is the main reason why it and its cast have accumulated so many awards over their ten years running. ... But Friends doesn't give out this kind of money without ...
Quakers, or the Society of Friends, is a religion that emerged in the mid 1600's in England. ... They believe you shouldn't be servants of God, should just be friends with God. ... Pennsylvania was established by a member of the Society of Friends, William Penn (1644-1718), in 1682. William Penn, who was born into an Anglican family, joined the religious Society of Friends at the age of 224. ... The Society of friends was simply put, a religious group that greatly helped shape the Pennsylvania colony....
Friends In life one may come across many people. ... People may say the word friends is to broad. ... Second, there are former friends. ... Many experiences have occurred between two best friends or even a group of best friends. ... Friends come in many ways, but in the opinion of many the come as acquaintances in school, the friends people will lose as they grow older, and best friends who may stray, but never too far away. ...
Of course, we have best friends. ... Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say." ... Our false friends are different from our tolerated friends. ... Our false friends just want the popularity, so they will become friends with whomever. ...
Friends "You will never be a teenager again, so why not make the most of it?" ... One way to make the most of your teenage years is to make as many friends as you can. ... Friends will sharpen you mentally by keeping you alert. ... Friends can also sharpen us socially. ... God places many friends into your life for many different reasons; I believe that each one of my friends in my life are hand picked. ...
