Helen Fisher Quotes (44 quotes)

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„The Great Depression of the 1930s saw more American unmarried women working from nine to five, mostly in repetitive, boring, subordinate, dead-end jobs. But the number of working women doubled between 1870 and 1940. During World War II it doubled once again.“
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„You can get into a very fancy car and know everything about the engine, but when you drive in that car, you feel that rush. In the same way, I think the more you know about love, the more you can enjoy it. And knowing about your personality type, who you are and what kind of person you're dealing with gives you a great leg up.“
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„It's almost as if men who get tribal tattoos are trying to signal that they are dangerous, they're to be respected, and they're powerful.“
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„Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological problem. And it's true that people who feel inadequate, insecure, or overly dependent tend to be more jealous than others.“
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„The brain was not built to walk into a bar, where you know nobody, and start a conversation. That's not the way humanity has courted.“
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„There were real reasons that you were attracted to somebody originally. The brain doesn't pick willy-nilly. Unless you part ways hating each other for some reason, that mechanism could get triggered again. You can literally fall in love again.“
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„Almost always, when I'm on TV, the producers who call me, who negotiate what we're going to say, is a woman.“
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„Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage.“
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„In courtship, who wins and who loses will determine who passes on their DNA to tomorrow.“
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„Both sexes like the exercise and challenge of sports, but for men it's also a basic display behavior for impressing and winning a mate.“
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„For so many generations, a woman's only career path was to marry well and to marry up. Those days have changed.“
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„Romantic love is an addiction.“
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„Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It signals that we are interested and excited, which is attractive to men.“
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„When you're in the throes of this romantic love, it's overwhelming - you're out of control, you're irrational, you're going to the gym at 6 A.M. every day - Why? Because she's there.“
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„I can't conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner.“
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„Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere; some say the poorest in the world.“
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„Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience.“
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„Scientists know that women gravitate to men who have a different immune system from theirs.“
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„Most of us make up our minds in the first three minutes of meeting someone whether there's a potential for a relationship.“
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„You've got to remember that men are men and women are women. And although a lot of similarities, there are some real differences.“
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Helen Fisher
Author born: November 30, 1946
Nationality: American
Author Profession: Scientist

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