"I can respect the man and certainly the office he holds, but I would be lying if I said I respected his leadership.
"When the image came back, I wasn't sure if I liked it - but I respected it.
While I hated to lose him and would have moved him to a better-fitting role within my company if I'd had one—I respected his career goals and was glad to pass along a well-deserved reference.
As I said, a finished book is just the best I could do at that moment in my life, and if somebody I respect, the way I respect David, wants to do something else with it, great, go.
Even if ideas are wacky and original, even if they fail, I respect their decision to go ahead.
While some random, mouth-breathing asshole on the street who calls me "baby" elicits my ire, if a man I respect (or at the very least, tolerate in the slightest) shows even the suggestion of an interest in me, I run to him like a dog to its master.
So, if people whose opinions I respect say they appreciate what I do, it helps me to keep doing it.
But honestly, even if they don't, I respect that and I want them to know, we are still so proud of you.
Would I respect Mellie if she did?
I respect, even if I don't share, the temperamental conservatism of Adam Kirsch.
