When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need. - Ellen Goodman

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When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need.

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About Ellen Goodman

Ellen Goodman (born Ellen Holtz on 11 April 1941) is an American journalist and Pulitzer prize winner for Distinguished Commentary (1980).

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Alternative Names: Ellen Holtz Goodman Ellen H. Goodman
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