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Helen Fisher
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" There is more and more data indicating that there is a biological basis to your political views. "
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" Jealousy can even be good for love. One partner may feel secretly flattered when the other is mildly jealous. And catching someone flirting with your beloved can spark the kind of lust and romance that reignites a relationship. "
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" You've got to remember that men are men and women are women. And although a lot of similarities, there are some real differences. "
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" Love is not an emotion; it is a drive. "
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" Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It signals that we are interested and excited, which is attractive to men. "
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" I think that property is very important in this day and age. It defines you; you worked hard to get it. It's meaningful to you, and when you divorce, a lot of people have a lot of battles over their property for good reasons. "
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" We spend our lives trying to get along with people so we can keep our jobs, keep our marriages together, so that we can raise our kids properly. "
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" When people tell you to walk a certain way, it's like not thinking of a purple tomato. You can't not do it. "
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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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" I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy. "
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Time
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" Overdone lipstick is a deterrent to men. It rubs off easily onto their skin and the edges of their shirts, so it discourages them from kissing, touching, and coming closer to you, which is what they really want to do! "
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You
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" As women in industrial societies join the paid workforce, they gain the economic means to depart unhappy marriages more easily. "
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" When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It's a little like waving a knife in front of you. It's very primitive, and therefore bizarre. "
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" Until recently, we regarded love as supernatural. We were willing to study the brain chemistry of fear and depression and anger but not love. "
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Brain
Depression
Fear
" From my studies of genetics and neuroscience I have come to believe that people fall into four broad personality types - each influenced by a different brain chemical: I call them the Explorer, Builder, Director, and Negotiator. "
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Fall
Four
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" Men tend to be hierarchical, but women are driven to make lateral connections so they can cooperate. "
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Make
Connections
Driven
" Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological problem. And it's true that people who feel inadequate, insecure, or overly dependent tend to be more jealous than others. "
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Childhood
" Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view. "
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Taking
View
Globalization
" 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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Career
Days
Marry
" Games are the way we keep romance alive. They're based in human hardwiring. Playing hard-to-get or leaving a little to the imagination allows the woman to be wooed and appreciated and the man to be challenged and intrigued. "
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Woman
Leaving
Imagination
" I think the happiness we find, we make. "
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Think
Make
I Think
" We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine. "
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Horn
Like
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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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Body
Brain
Tongue
" Hair that gleams can send a clear sign that you're young and in your prime, whatever your actual age. "
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Clear
Young
You
" Along with our many human propensities, we evolved a huge cerebral cortex with which we make decisions. "
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Human
Many
Along
" After a man falls madly in love, he no longer cares how old she is. "
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Old
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" You fall in love with somebody who fits within what I call your 'love map,' an unconscious list of traits that you build in childhood as you grow up. And I also think that you gravitate to certain people, actually, with somewhat complementary brain systems. "
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People
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" Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience. "
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" Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 societies. They've never found a society that did not have it. "
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Society
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" Neither gender is routinely more jealous - although women are more willing to work to win back a lover, while men tend to flaunt their money and status and are more likely to walk out to protect their self-esteem or save face. "
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Face
Men
Money