Only when the duck meets a mallard who "looks a little like you" does it receive the affirmation it's been seeking; the mallard says, "You are who you are," and the duck is then free to laugh and play, soon adopting the local language and learning to savor its surroundings.
Gabriela mentions a similar, external motivation to receive the affirmation of her family.
And more than once during Kaitlyn Bristowe's season of "The Bachelorette," we saw men blow up when they didn't receive the affirmation they believed they deserved.
But then, there is no substitute for a child receiving the affirmation of loving parents and we need to open more yeshivas in more places so that kids don't need to be sent away at too young an age.
And yet, it was difficult to imagine the farmer saying the same to a friend or a relative or a social worker or a priest and receiving the same affirmation.
Here is the passage that reflects the core homophobia - and yes, I see no alternative to using that word - in that magazine: Same-sex couples will also receive the symbolic affirmation of being treated by the state as equivalent to a traditional married couple — but this spurious equality is a cost of the new laws, not a benefit.
For my 22nd birthday, I received the greatest gift of all: affirmation that we can change this world with kindness.
The crowd received the poem as it had received her songs: with noisy affirmation, but merely as part of a performance.
With a considerable body of ideas at its disposal and with the details of none of them ever receiving the kind of affirmation given to statements about God, Torah, and Israel, freedom of speculation in the realm of eschatology was little restricted.
Silvera & Sons has received affirmation of the demand for their product in the form of requests from importers for larger product shipments.
Simultaneously, people new to this country receive comfort in the affirmation that this is the land of immigrants.
