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" Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience. "
Helen Fisher
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" Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view. "
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" When you look at the brain regions associated with picking up data from the body, a huge amount of the brain is devoted to picking up information from the lips and tongue. "
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" The women's movement is just a symptom of basic changes in the economy that are favoring women. "
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" Good-looking people are always looking for other good-looking people. "
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" Mothers really were not built to raise babies not only by themselves, but with only a partner. For millions of years, a woman had much more than just her husband to help rear her young... This whole idea of 'it takes a village to raise a child' is exactly how we're supposed to live. "
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" Nobody gets out of love alive. You turn into a menace or a pest when you've been rejected. "
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" For so many generations, a woman's only career path was to marry well and to marry up. Those days have changed. "
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" Touch is the mother of the senses. Not only are women more sensitive when they touch, but they're also more sensitive to being touched. "
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" As social animals, we need to exchange juicy tales about someone - to connect with one another. For millions of years our forebears must have sat around the campfire, whispering about everyone they knew. "
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" Barriers tend to intensify romance. It's called the 'Romeo and Juliet effect.' I call it 'frustration attraction.' "
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" A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough economically and culturally to bring up a child without a recognized commitment from a man. "
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" We evolved in a tropical climate where the smells of plants and flowers were all around us. We spent a lot of time in the trees with a lot of sunlight and no clothes. "
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" Your sweetheart calls you by another's name. His eyes linger too long on your best friend. He talks with excitement about a girl at work. And the fire catches. Jealousy - that sickening combination of possessiveness, suspicion, rage, and humiliation - can overtake your mind and threaten your very core as you contemplate your rival. "
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" Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love. "
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" I suspect privacy is a very new concept to humanity. "
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" There are cognitive processes and limbic reactions associated with basic emotions. And you can change brain chemistry, but you're still not going to change memories and experiences in a human being. "
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" The human brain is built to compare; it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself. "
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" Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere; some say the poorest in the world. "
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" Men couldn't care less if your strands are perfectly styled and neat. In fact, he might like you more with some wildness or bedhead, since it shows you're carefree and relaxed. "
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" I can't conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner. "
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