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At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior?

~Dan Gelber

Topics: Bad Bad Behavior Because Behavior Judgment Justification Own Point Poor Self-Defense Someone Themselves

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Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.

~Dan Pink

Topics: Behavior Beings Believe Carrot Clear Complicated Get Hold Human Human Beings Look Many More Motivates Motivation Moving Narrow Only Over Own People Pretty Promise Research Scrutinize Simply Stick Than Too Too Many People Us Very View Way Years You Your

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As a young woman, I can say that sexist behavior so often perpetrated by the Left is a major reason why I and many other women left the Democratic party.

~Dana Loesch

Topics: Behavior Democratic Democratic Party Left Major Many Often Other Party Reason Say Sexist Why Woman Women Young Young Woman I Can

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New Year's Eve is a great time to think about making a resolution to change a behavior, improve upon a practice, or to start something new. Most people don't keep their resolutions very far into the year, but there's no reason to wait until Dec 31st to reboot.

~Dana Perino

Topics: About Behavior Change Eve Far Great Great Time Improve Keep Making Most New No Reason People Practice Reason Resolution Resolutions Something Something New Start Think Time Until Very Wait Year

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I've always read books and loved human behavior since I was ten or twelve years old. Maybe even that's why I wanted to do comedy.

~Dane Cook

Topics: Always Behavior Books Comedy Even Human Human Behavior Loved Maybe Old Read Since Ten Twelve Wanted Why Years

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It's very difficult to make a 100% turnaround. It's tough when you actually do exhibit patterns of bad behavior. You need to have a very strong support system of people who are willing to keep you in your place if you're going to overcome these things.

~Daniel Cormier

Topics: Actually Bad Bad Behavior Behavior Difficult Exhibit Going Keep Make Need Overcome Patterns People Place Strong Strong Support Support System Things Tough Turnaround Very Who Willing You Your

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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.

~Daniel Gillies

Topics: Aggression Behavior Conventions Direct Employ Encouraged New Our Passive Transparent

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The human brain long ago evolved a mechanism for rewarding us when we encountered new information: a little shot of dopamine in the brain each time we learned something new. Across evolutionary history, compulsively seeking information was adaptive behavior.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Across Adaptive Behavior Brain Each Each Time Encountered Evolutionary Evolved History Human Human Brain Information Learned Little Long Mechanism New Rewarding Seeking Shot Something Something New Time Us

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I make mistakes daily, letting generalizations creep into my thoughts and negatively affect my behavior. These mistakes have taught me that the first step to successfully choosing kindness is being more mindful about it, letting go of impatience and intolerance along the way.

~Daniel Lubetzky

Topics: About Affect Along Behavior Being Choosing Creep Daily First First Step Generalizations Go Impatience Intolerance Kindness Letting Letting Go Make Me Mindful Mistakes More Negatively Step Successfully Taught Thoughts Way

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My behavior is humiliating.

~Danny Bonaduce

Topics: Behavior Humiliating

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