"How she acknowledged all the women standing up, and indicating that they had projects and ideas, was fantastic," she told The Washington Post by phone after the Oscars.
"I was tremendously impressed by the very solemn way that she commemorated those Irish republicans who lost their lives in the struggle for independence, how she acknowledged the importance of the Irish language and, probably most important of all, when she acknowledged that she had wished that things had been done differently or not at all," he said.
And while she acknowledges how gruelling it can be, she encourages other victims to speak out as she has.
Finally, Cusk manages the neat trick of repeatedly paying homage to art's transformative powers at the same time that she acknowledges how irrelevant and even indulgent painting, classical music and, yes, literary fiction, can feel in contemporary life.
Angry because she was given up for adoption, thus deprived of a 'normal' childhood, but pangs of guilt as she acknowledges how different her life would have been if she had stayed in her homeland.
So, even as she says, "we can see how we can end AIDS," she acknowledges there are challenges ahead.
She's also basking in the proud moments when she acknowledges just how dope her identity is.
Because every time she speaks to a group, "I don't know how I will be received," she acknowledges.
But I learned that a mother's ability to connect with her son -- including letting him know how she was feeling, acknowledging her own mistakes, and treating his feelings with respect -- helps him extend that sense of connection and closeness to others.
But in my observations, I learned that a mother's ability to connect with her son -- including letting him know how she was feeling, acknowledging her own mistakes, and treating his feelings with respect -- helps him extend that sense of connection and closeness to others.
That depends on how she and John acknowledged and addressed the sacrifices she made in leaving her job years ago.
