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“School success is not predicted by a child's fund of facts or a precocious ability to read as much as by emotional and social measures; being self-assured and interested: knowing what kind of behavior is expected and how to rein in the impulse to misbehave; being able to wait, to follow directions, and to turn to teachers for help; and expressing needs while getting along with other children.”

Needs Kind Children Self Facts Helping Able School Turns Social Waiting Ability Knowing Teacher Emotional Behavior Expected Impulse Fund Assured Reins Getting Along Precocious

Author:Daniel Goleman

“I think Cruella is evil, because she's the devil. But all the other characters, I was able to find a common humanity with them somewhere, knowing where they're most fragile, where they're most vulnerable, knowing some of the things that happened to them that might have formed this kind of behavior.”

Thinking Kind Character Might Able Humanity Evil Common Knowing Happened Behavior Devil Vulnerable Fragile Common Humanity

Author:Glenn Close

“That's what I love about the mockumentary style, is the added thing of people knowing they are on-camera, which changes your behavior. That's why we sometimes do what we call spy shots.”

People Sometimes Knowing Style Behavior Shots Cameras Spy

Author:Paul Feig

“Intense pain often pushed me to make changes. The pain of the eating disorder pushed me into recovering from eating-disordered behaviors, and then the emotional turmoil I experienced without those behaviors (not knowing how to cope with perfectionism, feelings, and life in general) took me even further, so that I ultimately found serenity.”

Feelings Pain Found Knowing Emotional Behavior Eating Intense Disorder Serenity Not Knowing Making Changes Perfectionism Turmoil Eating Disorder Recovering Emotional Turmoil Intense Pain

Book:Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life

Source: Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life

“Knowing about the neurobiological and evolutionary basis for social behavior can soften the arrogance and self-righteousness that often attends discussions of morality. It may help us all to think a little more carefully and rationally.”

Thinking May Littles Self Helping Social Knowing Morality Behavior Bases Discussion Arrogance Righteousness Self Righteousness Social Behavior

Author:Patricia Churchland

“You know you are addicted to a food if despite knowing it is bad for you and despite wanting to change, you still keep eating it. Addiction means that a craving has more control over your behavior than you do.”

Ifs Knows Mean Stills Knowing Behavior Eating Addiction Despite Over You Craving

Book:Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World (Large Print 16pt)

Source: Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World (Large Print 16pt)

“We're not served by only knowing our finest hours through film or media, or in the history that we are taught. I think the only way we have a chance to not make the same mistakes again, is to historically understand the bad behavior and mistakes we've made previously.”

Thinking Way Made Film Hours Chance Mistake Knowing Media Taught Behavior Finest Same Mistakes Bad Behavior Finest Hour

Author:David Oyelowo

“The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.”

“... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.”

Problem Left Knowing Ignorance Behavior Shame Arise Not Knowing Irrational Vacuums Mind Blowing

Book:The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

Source: The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist