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Behavior Quotes
"These rituals Rango could not sustain, for he could not maintain the effort to arrive on time since his lifelong habit had created the opposite habit: to elude, to avoid, to disappoint every expectation of others, every commitment, every promise, every crystallization."
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"If... says: 'Do not be greedy, be generous', you may inwardly interpret this in such a manner that you will develop a greed for generosity."
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"Criminal' pompousness will not do, 'civil' pompousness is acceptable."
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"I find myself pausing to admire her face.For a brief moment, I'm lost to my surroundings."
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"There were no judgments to be made, yet out of necessity one had to select. Beyond good and evil was all right in theory, but to go on living one had to select: some were kinder than others, some were simply more interested in you, and sometimes the outwardly beautiful and inwardly cold were necessary. The kinder ones fucked better, really, and after you were around them a while they seemed beautiful because they were."
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"It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient."
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"Who but the mad would choose to keep on living? In the end, aren't we all just a little crazy?"
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"Most if not all sexually active people do not really love having sex, they merely love experiencing an orgasm every now and then."
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"Don't get so lost in their words. Pay attention to their actions."
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"Marianne had now been brought by degrees, so much into the habit of going out every day, that it was become a matter of indifference to her, whether she went or not: and she prepared quietly and mechanically for every evening's engagement, though without expecting the smallest amusement from any, and very often without knowing, till the last moment, where it was to take her."
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"I can't remember exactly when I started to steal, but I do remember being aware of the fact that if I wanted to enjoy myself and be popular, money was the way to do it."
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"I know human nature. We might sacrifice a few, because we are stupid and hardwired for group survival. But we would never die in the thousands because a god wished it. Those kinds of numbers require material gains, like power, wealth, territory."
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"If you aren't polite when giving criticism you will come off as an awful person and if you aren't polite when receiving criticism you will come off as an awful person."
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"I thought the worst of everyone."
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"There are some we cannot help but take an instant dislike to."
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"Research has shown that smiling releases endorphins-the happy hormones that shift your physiology for improved well-being. When you smile and your eyes crinkle, your body releases chemicals that change the chemistry of your brain, lifting spirits, and reducing pain. Even when it is hard to smile and you are forcing it, positive changes take place in your physiology."
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"Mr. Babcock pats my shoulder. He smiles, and the caterpillar mustache - the envy of state troopers everywhere, I'm sure - straightens out again. I hear that on the weekends, he's a part-time security guard with mirrored sunglasses and a gun. He probably poses in front of his bathroom mirror to see how he looks saying "Freeze!"
"Knock the door or ring the bell but don't ever push it! Be gentle!"
"Humans are very strange. When you need a hug, they throw you away, when you need condolence , they insult you, and when you need love, they betray you."
"There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.""And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody.""And yours," he replied with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them."
"Hello!" He said hello and then said, "What are you up to now?" "I'm still crazy. The rain feels good. I love to walk in it. "I don't think I'd like that," he said. "You might if you tried." "I never have." She licked her lips. "Rain even tastes good." "What do you do, go around trying everything once?" he asked. "Sometimes twice."
"Curiously, the one bodily fluid of other people that doesn't disgust us is the one produced by the human alone: tears. Consider the sole type of used tissue you'd be willing to share."
"Stupidity has a knack for getting its way."
"The impatient man is his own enemy, he slams the door on his own progress."
"Gestures and the Signals They Send Rubbing your face, palms, and neck may signify anxiety and stress. Arms crossed with clenched fists may signify hostility, anger, and impatience. Arms crossed with each hand gripping other arm may signify insecurity and self-doubt. Arms crossed with thumbs up may signify interest and engagement. Or my favorite-arms crossed may signify that you are simply cold! Fidgeting and squirming may signify that you are lying, afraid of being found out, insecure, or uncomfortable. Standing with your hands behind your back may signify power and superiority."
"Don't plead with anyone if you were not at fault, you'll only look inferior, stupid and funny, bolster your ego by doing the undoing."
"Being petty allows you to make mountains out of molehills."
"To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults."
"With animal behavior, they're all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage, and then they go crazy."
"No mean person is mean all the time. The whole point of being mean is to fluctuate so that you can hold out the hope for someone. So someone will hold out the hope that they're gonna catch you on the sunny side or that you're gonna be nice this time. The tyranny is inconsistency. Somebody thats consistently mean is something that is pretty easy to sort out. The reality is that the meanest people can be wonderful sometimes. That's the whole point of meanness because otherwise it's too obvious. It's the niceness that gets you trapped in the dysfunction. That is the problem and so the fact that you have this belief that there is hope in the relationship is foundational to the dysfunction."
"I like dogs that bark a little. The silent ones scare me."
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