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“A wealth of knowledge is openly accessible in nature. Our ancestors knew this and embraced the natural cures found in the bosoms of the earth. Their classroom was nature. They studied the lessons to be learned from animals, knowing that much of human behavior can be explained by watching the wild beasts around us. Animals are constantly teaching us things about ourselves and the way of the universe, but most people are too blind to watch and listen.”

“I've had only one idea in my life - a true idee fixe. To put it as bluntly as possible - the idea of having my own way. 'Control!' expresses it. The control of human behavior. In my early experimental days it was a frenzied, selfish desire to dominate. I remember the rage I used to feel when a prediction went awry. I could have shouted at the subjects of my experiments, 'Behave, damn you! Behave as you ought!”

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Author:B. F. Skinner

“They're so attached to their patterns that they've forgotten rule number one of human behavior: there are no patterns. People just do things. There's no such things as a coherent and fully integrated human personality, let alone consistent motivation.”

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Book:Engleby: A Novel

Source: Engleby: A Novel

“A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.”

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Book:Influence: science and practice

Source: Influence: science and practice

“How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship”

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Author:Timothy Keller

“One of my favorite patterns is the tendency for the markets to move from relative lows to relative highs and vice versa every two to four days. This pattern is a function of human behavior. It takes several days of a market rallying before it looks really good. That’s when everyone wants to buy it, and that’s the time when the professionals, like myself, are selling. Conversely, when the market has been down for a few days, and everyone is bearish, that’s the time I like to be buying.”

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Author:Jack D. Schwager

“This script was just so much smarter than usual and I'm just fascinated by human behavior.”

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Author:Angelina Jolie

“Two things in America are astonishing: the changeableness of most human behavior and the strange stability of certain principles. Men are constantly on the move, but the spirit of humanity seems almost unmoved.”

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Book:Democracy in America

Source: Democracy in America

“The fact is, as actors, everything we do, bad or good, is a contribution. To me, it is a positive thing to give people as wide a range of human behavior with some sense of understanding of that behavior or some clue to it.”

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Author:Grace Zabriskie

“I try as best I can to enter the realm of nuances of human behavior.”

Trying Humans I Can Behavior Realms Human Behavior Nuance

Author:Robert Ludlum

“Every attempt to explain human behavior, especially the irrational, must as a matter of course end in simplification.”

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Book:The paradox of hate: a study in ritual murder

Source: The paradox of hate: a study in ritual murder

“Hot, dry katabatic winds, like the south foehn in Europe, the sharav in the Middle East, and the Santa Ana of Southern California, are all believed to have a decided effect on human behavior and are associated with such health problems as migraines, depression, lethargy, and moodiness. Some scientists say that this is a myth.”

“It's a required part of your film history to know who Woody is. His movies are so wonderful, and not just funny but so insightful about human behavior.”

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Author:Scarlett Johansson

“I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.”

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Author:William Friedkin

“I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics.”

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Author:David E. Kelley