Howard Jacobson

You don't divorce simply because your spouse has a number of qualities you dislike and on occasions makes your life uncomfortable. If you are reasonable, you view divorce as a measure of last resort. There are many steps you can take in the meantime. You might even call in a trained mediator.

British Novelist

Martti Ahtisaari

The task of the mediator is to help the parties to open difficult issues and nudge them forward in the peace process. The mediator's role combines those of a ship's pilot, consulting medical doctor, midwife and teacher.

Finnish Politician

Douglas Brinkley

Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't like to have enemies around him.

American Author

Zayn Malik

I'd call myself the mediator. I kind of just float around and do my own thing. I'm kind of chilled out, laid back.

English Musician

Ludwig van Beethoven

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

German Composer

Robert Trujillo

I feel like I've always been a great mediator.

American Musician

Joan Blades

I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

American Businesswoman

Travis Kelce

American Football Player

Jacques Derrida

French Philosopher

Jennifer Aniston

American Actress

A mediator in arguments helps people find common ground without taking sides.

Conflict Resolution

In negotiation, a mediator must be unbiased and impartial to everyone involved.

Neutral Party

Mediation is usually optional, allowing conflicted parties to choose cooperation.

Voluntary Process

In medical context, a mediator is a part of complex body reactions, not a person.

Biological Process

Some biological mediators might cause negative reactions, like inflammation or allergies.

Not Always Positive

Medical mediators are specific to health discussions, not used in daily conversations.

Context-Specific

In a religious context, a mediator is a guide, connecting humans to the divine.

Religious Role

The mediator in faith contexts is spiritual, not to be confused with a human go-between.

Spiritual Connection

 you see females in some culture is acting very different than females and other cultures and the same with men a lot of the qualities that make women women can be extended and amplified by technologies and a lot of quality that make man men can also be extended and amplified by technologies but these technologies might also serve as mediators that help men and women come

Jason Silva on the...

 may help take care of younger siblings, so caretaking, and we know that immigrating and immigration can lead to a lot of family and generational conflict, as everyone in the family is navigating their own acculturation journey, creating a sense of belonging in the host country. So a lot of children of immigrants are often mediators

Sahaj Kaur Kohli: Why...

 in relatively short order. There was no mediator between him and the audience. It was just him directly connected with his audience and building on the feedback and enthusiasm that they were giving him. So this whole project was an experiment. It started with the one short story, and I think the experimentation actually became

Andrew Fitzgerald:...

 I think I can make a guess now -- education is self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon. It'll take a few years to prove it, experimentally, but I'm going to try. But in the meanwhile, there is a method available. One billion children, we need 100 million mediators --

New experiments in...

 to tap into their wonder and their ability to work together. Help me build this school. It will be called the School in the Cloud. It will be a school where children go on these intellectual adventures driven by the big questions which their mediators put in. The way I want to do this

Sugata Mitra: Build a...

 Well, you stop a nose bleed by pinching it, if you cut your leg, you put pressure on it. We stop bleeding with pressure. When we menstruate, the lining of the uterus releases substances that are made into chemicals called prostaglandins and other inflammatory mediators.

Why can't we talk about...

 So this marriage mediator, if they had talked to them before all of this happened, that person would have asked, "What do you want to keep separate and what do you want to keep together? And how does that choice actually support the security of the marriage?

How understanding...

 people who are vulnerable, disempowered, people whom we have an obligation to protect. Now, you might be somewhat skeptical of a lawyer arguing about the benefits of conflict and creating problems for compromise, but I did also qualify as a mediator,

In praise of conflict PIPE...

 as a mediator to all different cultures and that's why I like being a photographer because I feel that I can relate to everybody and to know that this particular subject enables people to be closer is something so beautiful

The Virgin Mary - How Do...

 the kings of the Khmer were believed to be the links between heaven and earth mediators between the gods and mankind

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