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293 Quote(s) Found

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…it is a mistake to think of the relationship between education and the economy as a straightforward process of supply and demand…

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One of the hardest truths about human nature is that we lash out at those we are closest to.

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…we are always looking at the things around us in relation to others. We can’t help it.

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…more and more consumers see their relationships with companies as an open marriage: If something better comes along, they will go with the better option.

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The brain and the eye may have a contractual relationship in which the brain has agreed to believe what the eye sees, but in return the eye has agreed to look for what the brain wants.

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All relationships involve give-and-take and cooperation, so a person who habitually attends to ordinary requests or suggestions like a bull to a red flag is in for big trouble…

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…attention’s selective nature guarantees that even in a close relationship, two partners often focus on different realities.

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…it’s important for both partners in a relationship to stay focused on the kind of behavior that brought them together in the first place and to keep it alive.

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…99 percent of the stuff of life – relationships, work, home, recreation – is the same no matter where you are, and once you settle in a place, no matter how salubrious, you don’t think about its climate very much.

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There is no more powerful way to enrich your life and encounter the unknown than by having meaningful relationships with a wide range of people.

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