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Just as a man is fulfilled through working out the intricate details of solving a problem, a woman is fulfilled through talking about the details of her problems.
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Tragedy is born of myth, not morality. Prometheus and Icarus are tragic heroes. Yet none of the myths in which they appear has anything to do with moral dilemmas. Nor have the greatest Greek tragedies. If Euripides is the most tragic of the Greek playwrights, it is not because he deals with moral conflicts but because he understood that reason cannot be the guide of life.
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John Gray |
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If you believe that humans are animals, there can be no such thing as the history of humanity, only the lives of particular humans. If we speak of the history of the species at all, it is only to signify the unknowable sum of these lives. As with other animals, some lives are happy, others wretched. None has a meaning that lies beyond itself.
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man
humanity
life
straw-dogs
humans
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John Gray |
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always thought of myself as a loving person. But she was right. I had been a
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John Gray |
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Men need to remember that when women seem upset and talk about problems is not the time to offer solutions; instead she needs to be heard, and gradually she will feel better on her own.
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John Gray |
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A common error of western commentators who seek to interpret Islamism sympathetically is to view it as a form of localised resistance to globalisation. In fact, Islamism is also a universalist political project. Along with Neoliberals and Marxists, Islamists are participants in a dispute about how the world as whole is to be governed. None is ready to entertain the possibility that it should always contain a diversity of regimes. On this po..
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John Gray |
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When she says "I feel like you are not even here," he says "What do you mean I'm not here? Of course I am here. Don't you see my body?"
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John Gray |
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Men mistakenly expect women to think, communicate, and react the way men do; women mistakenly expect men to feel, communicate, and respond the way women do.
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John Gray |
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Venusians have different values. They value love, communication, beauty, and relationships. They spend a lot of time supporting, helping, and nurturing one another. Their sense of self is defined through their feelings and the quality of their relationships. They experience fulfillment through sharing and relating.
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John Gray |
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Salah satu hal ajaib mengenai kehidupan. Saat muridnya siap, sang guru muncul. Saat pertanyaan diajukan, jawabannya datang.
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relationship
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John Gray |
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When misunderstandings arise, remember that we speak different languages; take the time necessary to translate what your partner really means or wants to say. This definitely takes practice, but it is well worth it.
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John Gray |
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Love is magical, and it can last, if we remember our differences.
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John Gray |
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The destruction of the natural world is not the result of global capitalism, industrialisation, 'Western civilisation' or any flaw in human institutions. It is a consequence of the evolutionary success of an exceptionally rapacious primate. Throughout all of history and prehistory, human advance has coincided with ecological devastation.
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John Gray |
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From being a movement aiming for universal freedom, communism turned into a system of universal despotism. That is the logic of utopia.
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suffering
philosophy
despotism
utopia
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John Gray |
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It is very difficult for a man to differentiate between empathy and sympathy. He hates to be pitied.
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John Gray |
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The result of toppling tyranny in divided countries is usually civil war and ethnic cleansing.
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John Gray (philosopher) |
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We cannot be rid of illusions. Illusion is our natural condition. Why not accept it?
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John Gray (philosopher) |
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In the life of the academic mind, the owl of Minerva seldom flies as early as the dusk.
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John Gray (philosopher) |
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Progress in civilization seems possible only in interludes when history is idling.
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John Gray (philosopher) |