My daughter had carried within her a story that kept hurting her: Her dad abandoned her. She started telling herself a new story. Her dad had done the best he could. He wasn't capable of giving more. It had nothing to do with her. She could no longer take it personally.


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If they say yes, I'll ask, ?How's that working for you?' You don't have to nag them.
BRETT WHYTE
Imagine you break off your blood supply to the brain. Part of that brain gets no blood supply at all...
BRETT WHYTE
One thing we do for treatment is to assess those risk factors and minimize them.
BRETT WHYTE
Usually there's some of the brain tissue that they're not going to get back but some vulnerable brai...
BRETT WHYTE
The Korean market is following a more transparent market practice; it is also a very dynamic economy...
BRETT WHITE
You may not know our name, but we have taken parts in major real estate deals in the U.S., Europe an...
BRETT WHITE
When we launched (Lean Cuisine), it was all about low calories, leg warmers and Jane Fonda. Then it ...
BRETT WHITE
It's good to feel wanted.
BRETT WHITE
I'm extremely proud of our kids for what they did this season. We started out 3-8, and then went 19-...
BRETT WHITE
It is an honor to have Tom Daschle join our Board. We will benefit tremendously from Tom's insight a...
BRETT WHITE
This recovery we're in is gradual. We're seeing a real measured pace of absorption, rent appreciatio...
BRETT WHITE
Heritage shot the ball extremely well at their place.
BRETT WHITE
We are just having the mix our football players with our basketball players. We are just having to s...
BRETT WHITE
Friday's going to be a big game for us with both of us 1-1 in district. So far this season I'm proud...
BRETT WHITE
I don't mind this course, but I definitely like the course at PGA National.
BRETT WETTERICH
I think it will do just fine. I'm sure they will tighten up the fairways and make it a good test of ...
BRETT WETTERICH
I'm actually a big fan of the course across the street because I've played there more and have had s...
BRETT WETTERICH
My game's a little shaky. I could go out and shoot four under, I could go out and shoot four over. I...
BRETT WETTERICH
It was a little disappointing. But at the same time, I had a great year. I can't complain.
BRETT WETTERICH
I didn't think the ball was going to do what it did. Obviously if I did, I wouldn't have played that...
BRETT WETTERICH
People do not care how much you know, till they know how much you care!
BRETT WATSON
The visual safety improvements are extraordinary.
BRETT WALLACE
This would be the first state-owned (remote operation) effort.
BRETT WALLACE
What the city of Charlotte has done is sell their system as a quality of life issue.
BRETT WALLACE
They are private companies in the business of making money by moving freight. So what it will come d...
BRETT WALLACE
Going through the Federal Transit Administration process can take up to 10 to 15 years. So what we a...
BRETT WALLACE
I don't think it's pressure. I think it's just, we hold ourselves to a higher level.
BRETT WALLACE
I'm willing to be patient. You kind of have to go into it not expecting a whole lot. Being a walk-on...
BRETT VALENTYN
It's one of the top universities in the U.S. and it's right in my backyard. Just with that, it would...
BRETT VALENTYN
I wanted to set the tone from the get-go. I kind of needed a little bit of confidence. My shot didn'...
BRETT VALENTYN
It's tough to bounce back from that. The shots weren't falling in the beginning and they controlled ...
BRETT VALENTYN
A guy hits a 3-2 change and takes it to dead center, you've got to tip your cap, ... The mistake was...
BRETT TOMKO
To have him in there will be huge,
BRETT TOMKO
To have him in there I think is going to be huge.
BRETT TOMKO
We've had trouble all year scoring runs. Even if he comes up with nobody on, the majority of times h...
BRETT TOMKO
It's obvious what kind of difference he can make. Even if he doesn't swing the bat, he steps in the ...
BRETT TOMKO
I think it's obvious what kind of difference he can make.
BRETT TOMKO
To have him in there will be huge. Obviously, there's a big difference he can make. Even if he's not...
BRETT TOMKO
If you pitch six or seven innings and give up two runs, you should win those games.
BRETT TOMKO
He's been around the game long enough that he should be able to read between the numbers,
BRETT TOMKO
A guy hits a 3-2 change and takes it to dead centre, you've got to tip your cap. The mistake was the...
BRETT TOMKO
The players were focused and in control of their game and deserved this result. But we all know we'v...
BRETT TAYLOR
We came of age and it's now in our hands to win this league. This was a fully committed performance ...
BRETT TAYLOR
Even if you think a lot of people are applying [for a particular scholarship], a lot of them aren't....
BRETT TAYLOR
I'm disappointed with their try because we should have closed out the game. But after a poor first h...
BRETT TAYLOR
We'll go over something back and forth, back and forth. And we'll come away from the drill feeling g...
BRETT TAYLOR
Wayne Robertson is probably a couple of weeks away while Rohan Couch joined in a few drills and shou...
BRETT TAYLOR
I had a couple of tournaments that I threw away.
BRETT STEGMAIER