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“While this neurobiology is mighty impressive, the brain is not where a behavior 'begins'. It's merely the final common pathway by which all the factors in the chapters to come converge and create behavior.”

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“It's good that I'm excellent at subterfuge. Under my bed, there is half a bottle of peach schnapps and a handful of romance novels (impoverished duke plus lower class heiress equals true love forever). Mom doesn't know any of this. Acting casual is key---just a girl going about her business, nothing to see here.”

Subterfuge Well Hidden

Book:Tokyo Ever After

Source: Tokyo Ever After

“why do I want to appear to be drinking more than I am?' 'Make it a habit. Men in their cups are fools, more often than not. And it can be wise to look the fool at times.”

Wisdom Drinking Subterfuge

Book:Talon of the Silver Hawk

Source: Talon of the Silver Hawk

“You can play dumb, yes?" "I may do it permanently. Look where being clever got me.”

Wisdom Cleverness Subterfuge Playacting Playing Dumb

Book:A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation

Source: A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation

“To which the bride, throwing aside her veil, answered firmly: "No! not if he were the last man and I the last woman on the face of the earth, and the human race were about to become extinct, and the angel Gabriel came down from above to ask it of me as a personal favor." The effect of this outburst, this revelation, this explosion, may be imagined but can never be adequately described.”

Subterfuge

Book:The Hidden Hand

Source: The Hidden Hand

“We can appreciate a pan-African congress in Africa, or a pan-African congress in America, where 15,000,000 Negroes live, or a pan-African congress in the West Indies, where 20,000,000 Negroes live, but we cannot see the reasonableness of a pan-African congress in Europe; and for that reason and for others, we consider that it is only a subterfuge.”

Deceit Africa Cunning Subterfuge Pan Africanism Marcus Garvey Pan African

Book:Emancipated From Mental Slavery

Source: Emancipated From Mental Slavery

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