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It's like, I go through life, and all these relationship that I have, they're more like acquaintances than they are true relationships. It's not fulfilling. I don't know. It's a very cold feeling at times, but it's what I'm comfortable with.

~Doug Baldwin

Topics: Acquaintances Cold Comfortable Feeling Fulfilling Go Know Life Like More Relationship Relationships Than Through Times True Very

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We Facebook users have been building a treasure lode of big data that government and corporate researchers have been mining to predict and influence what we buy and for whom we vote. We have been handing over to them vast quantities of information about ourselves and our friends, loved ones and acquaintances.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: About Acquaintances Been Big Building Buy Corporate Data Facebook Friends Government Handing Influence Information Loved Loved Ones Mining Our Ourselves Over Predict Quantities Researchers Them Treasure Users Vast Vote Whom

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With the growing reliance on social media, we no longer search for news, or the products and services we wish to buy. Instead they are being pushed to us by friends, acquaintances and business colleagues.

~Erik Qualman

Topics: Acquaintances Being Business Buy Colleagues Friends Growing Instead Longer Media News Products Pushed Reliance Search Services Social Social Media Us Wish

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Whenever I told women - friends or acquaintances - that I had to go to divorce court, they'd invariably, without skipping a beat, ask, 'What are you going to wear?' It was like instant female solidarity: of course it mattered what I was going to wear.

~Faith Salie

Topics: Acquaintances Ask Beat Course Court Divorce Female Friends Go Going Had Instant Invariably Like Mattered Solidarity Wear Whenever Without Women You

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Over the years, I've found that dealing with white people faux pas can be tricky. If I get upset, I could quickly be labeled the 'angry black girl.' But if I don't say anything or react too passively, I risk giving friends and acquaintances permission to continue crossing the line.

~Franchesca Ramsey

Topics: Acquaintances Angry Anything Black Continue Could Crossing Dealing Found Friends Get Girl Giving Labeled Line Over Passively People Permission Quickly React Risk Say Too Tricky Upset White Years

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What I do with my life is of my own doing. I live it the best way I can. I've been criticized on many, many occasions, because of - acquaintances, and what have you.

~Frank Sinatra

Topics: Acquaintances Because Been Best Best Way Criticized Doing Life Live Many My Life My Own Occasions Own Way You I Can

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Facebook is made up of people you've met, but not necessarily who are similar to you. I have 850 'friends,' and a lot are acquaintances, not friends. I don't really know them. If I've met someone one time, how should they be influencing my feed?

~Garrett Camp

Topics: Acquaintances Facebook Feed Friends How Influencing Know Lot Made Met Necessarily One Time People Really Should Similar Someone Them Time Up Who You

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My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it.

~Georg Brandes

Topics: Academic Acquaintances After Back Circle Experiences First Friendship Friendships Gradually Grow Grown Had Large Looked Made Me Natural New Only Out Should Smile Them Years

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Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

~Georg C. Lichtenberg

Topics: Acquaintances Before Etc Just Libraries New New Ones Out Outgrow Pair Principles Times Trousers Worn Worst

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