Helen Fisher Quotes - Page 6

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• Of all the foods we share, there is nothing more primordial than meat. It's no surprise that meat-eaters still want a partner who will give, receive and share this primordial symbol of a budding partnership.

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  Giving, Meat, Want

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• I can't conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner.

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  Caring, President, Partners

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• I was married and divorced at 23.

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  Married, Divorced

  "Falling in love: It's all about brain chemistry". Interview with Michelle Brence, www.oregonlive.com. February 17, 2009.

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• People compose poetry, novels, sitcoms - for love.

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  People, Novel, Sitcom

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• The only people you and I are likely to know in common are people in the news - politicians, journalists and celebrities.

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  People, News, Common

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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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  Men, Care, Might

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• Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don't grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner; instead they hunt and gather in the grocery store. They go through catalogs or department stores to buy clothes instead of shearing sheep, carding wool, and weaving cloth for skirts and coats and blankets.

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  Clothes, Sheep, Dinner

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• We still have community, but we don't seem to have local community. Even in a small town where you know your neighbors and your mother's down the street, they're not in arm's length.

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  Mother, Community, Arms

  "Motherhood 2.0: It takes an (online) village" by Adrienne Mand Lewin, www.today.com. October 12, 2009.

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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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  Knives, Teeth, Mouths

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• In America, we are demanding everything from our marriage.

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  America

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• Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view.

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  Views, Long, Globalization

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• Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.

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  Children, Average, Europe

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• We all have restlessness in long-term relationships.

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  Long, Term, Restlessness

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• Along with our many human propensities, we evolved a huge cerebral cortex with which we make decisions.

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  Decision, Propensity, Humans

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