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Behavior Quotes
"Beauty is a behavior. As is ugliness."
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"There are people who, the more you do for them, the less they will do for themseselves."
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"It is childish to eat primarily or only to please your tongue."
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"Knock the door or ring the bell but don't ever push it! Be gentle!"
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"I'm not ill like that, she groaned. He sat on her bed, peeling back the blanket. A servant entered, frowning at the mess on the floor, and shouted for help."Then it what way?"I,uh... Her face was so hot she thought it would melt onto the floor. Oh you idiot. "My monthly cycles finally came back!His face suddenly matched hers and he stepped away, dragging his hand through his short hair. "I-if...Then I'll take my leave, he stammered, and bowed. Celaena raised an eyebrow, and then, despite herself, smiled as he left the room as quick as his feet could go without running, tripping slightly in the doorway as he staggered into the rooms beyond."
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"Men are like children, in that, if you spoil them, they become naughty. Therefore it is well not to be too indulgent or charitable with anyone. You may take it as a general rule that you will not lose a friend by refusing him a loan, but that you are very likely to do so by granting it; and, for similar reasons, you will not readily alienate people by being somewhat proud and careless in your behavior; but if you are very kind and complaisant towards them, you will often make them arrogant and intolerable, and so a breach will ensue."
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"Men. Do they all evade as first line of defense?"
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"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."
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"Man's meanness is a fuse in search of a flame."
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"I like dogs that bark a little. The silent ones scare me."
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"All cruelty springs from weakness."
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"We could not be fulfilled if we weren't inauthentic some of the time-inauthentic, that is, in relation to such things as our passing desires to throttle our children, poison our spouse, or end our marriage over a dispute about changing a lightbulb."
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"By your behavior you send signals on how people should treat you."
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"A person's true character lies somewhere until after you might have pressed the wrong button without knowing, then you'll realize that there are dogs in human form."
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"I waited. Women talk when they want to. Or don't."
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"So unsirious work... I behave nice because I want people to behave in the same way with me."
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"Emotional intelligence will give you insight as to why people behave as they do and assist you in areas which you may wish to improve."
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"When I was a child, I first thought that these shades might be malevolent spirits who fostered evil in those people around whom they swarmed. I've since discovered that many human beings need no supernatural mentoring to commit acts of savagery; some people are devils in their own right, their telltale horns having grown inward to facilitate their disguise."
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"For the most expensive way to realize an orgasm, men open their wallets. For the cheapest, they close their eyes."
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"People have a natural tendency to anthropomorphize their pets, to ascribe human perceptions and intentions to the animal where none exist."
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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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"Don't get so lost in their words. Pay attention to their actions."
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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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"Often a woman that doesn't have any business being in a fight is there because their ego thinks it can mend what other people can't. It's either superiority or a second chance to heal a wound they have, by meddling on your battlefield."
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"Pay attention. How a person handles poor cell service, traffic, and spotty wifi is a good indicator of how they'll behave during relationship challenges."
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"Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness."
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"I have no doubt that they'll tell you a lot of kind things about me when my back is turned. They may not have been behind the door when God passed out the pretty faces, but Heaven only knows where they were when He divided up the gratitude."
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"We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say."
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"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."
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"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."
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"Stupidity has a knack for getting its way."
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