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"There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation."
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"At the dealership, I pulled out the sieve and toyed with it threateningly. When the salesman was ready for me, I held it up, told him I was not a tourist and demanded a large discount."

"You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?"It will not."If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me."I, also M. Ratchett."What's wrong with my proposition?"Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said."

"Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree."

"Among various demands and charges I gave them, was, that the said flag should be delivered to me, and one of the United States' flags be received and hoisted in its place."

"Not one word," Kel warned. "Tobe and I have reached an understanding." Neal's lips twitched. "Why do I feel you did most of the understanding."

"During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively."

"Unfortunately, in collective bargaining one party or the other too often tries to gain an advantage - a bargain, like buying something in a store for less than it is worth."

"One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors."

"Every day's a negotiation and sometimes it's done with guns."

"There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation."
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"It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician."

"Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men."

"I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject."

"I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you."

"Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time."
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