"Even at the person-to-person level, to be universally liked is to be relatively ignored. To be disliked by some is to be loved all the more by others. And, specifically, a womanâ€™s overall sex appeal is enhanced when some men find her ugly."

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Source : Christian Rudder (2014). “Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves”, p.49, Crown

Christian Rudder

#Sex Quotes #Men Quotes #Levels Quotes

“Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future.”
“The debt austerity would not be problems if we had technological progress. If you doubled the debt in the U.S., and the size of the economy doubled because of technological progress and growth, the two would roughly cancel out and it would all be a totally manageable situation.”
“Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.”
“Why do I want my wife to show off her panties when the wind blows? Horses show their behinds, and cows and mules, not humans”
“If your partner asks you if something bothers you, and something bothers you, the best thing you can do is say, "Yes, it bothers me." Otherwise you create a situation where they think everything is fine, continue with the offending behavior, while you build up a secret reservoir of resentment that will eventually come pouring out, to their shock.”
“With intelligence and humility and dedication as our ammunition, we can wage the peace throughout the world with a strength beyond armies, destroying nothing except hate and greed and distrust.”
“When the desire ain't on me I don't need help. When it is on me I don't want any. See? Like the old fellah that never mended his roof. Said on a wet day he couldn't do it and on a dry day it was as good as anybody's.”

Source : Agnes Sligh Turnbull (1952). “The Gown of Glory”
“I always liked red. It's a picker-upper.”

Source : "Nancy Reagan's fashion influence: A look at her 'simple and elegant' style" by Elizabeth Murray, www.today.com. March 06, 2016.

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