"If you don’t like being a doormat, then get off the floor” is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been used by Al-Anon since at least October 2011.
Wikipedia: Al-Anon/Alateen
Al-Anon/Alateen, Al-Anon Family Groups and Al-Anon are different names for a “worldwide fellowship that offers a program of recovery for the families and friends of alcoholics, whether or not the alcoholic recognizes the existence of a drinking problem or seeks help.” Alateen “is part of the Al-Anon fellowship designed for the younger relatives and friends of alcoholics through the teen years”.
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5. If you don’t like being a doormat then get off the floor. – Al Anon.
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She also urged MCCP community ladies to join this club who have desire but consider weak in confidence and dependent, by quoting Al Anon “If you don’t like being a doormat then get off the floor.”
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If you don’t like being a doormat then get off the floor. — Alcoholics Anonymous
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“If you don’t like being a doormat then get off the floor.” —Al-Anon
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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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