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title: "222 First meet Quotes by 202 authors"
description: "Browse 222 First meet quotes by 202 authors. Discover the best First meet sayings and thoughts."
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> [When we first meet.. I honestly head no idea that you will be so important to me...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keren-zhims/when-we-first-meet-i-honestly-head-no-idea-that-you-will-be-so/)

[Keren Zhims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keren-zhims/)

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> [What it feel like when I first meet you!?!?!?!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-it-feel-like-when-i-first-meet-you/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [True Love is not impossible, just hard sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryaj-ablando-catayas/true-love-is-not-impossible-just-hard-sometimes/)

[Ryaj Ablando Catayas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryaj-ablando-catayas/)

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> [“The Idealize phase is when manipulators and their new targets first meet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-thomas/the-idealize-phase-is-when-manipulators-and-their-new-targets-first/)

[Shannon Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-thomas/)

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> [I always start off being nice to anyone I first meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenya-moore/i-always-start-off-being-nice-to-anyone-i-first-meet/)

[Kenya Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenya-moore/)

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> [I have never fancied or been attracted to a man on first meeting him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-davis/i-have-never-fancied-or-been-attracted-to-a-man-on-first-meeting-him/)

[Lucy Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-davis/)

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> [When we first meet I wan't you to be honest than lying and pretending to be perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-alapan/when-we-first-meet-i-wan-t-you-to-be-honest-than-lying-and-pretending/)

[Mitch Alapan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-alapan/)

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> [ \[On her first meeting with he ex-husband, Steven Seagal:\] He reminded me of an alien. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-lebrock/on-her-first-meeting-with-he-ex-husband-steven-seagal-he-reminded-me/)

[Kelly LeBrock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-lebrock/)

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> [The first meeting imprints 70% of the impression that one has of a person on his mind. Thus, one should treat a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-al-arifi/the-first-meeting-imprints-70-of-the-impression-that-one-has-of-a/)

[Dr Al-Arifi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-al-arifi/)

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> [All men ACT NICE when you first meet them, but if you take your time and get to know them they'll show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-parker/all-men-act-nice-when-you-first-meet-them-but-if-you-take-your-time/)

[SONYA PARKER](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-parker/)

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> [“The author's mentor advises the NAKED method of breaking the ice at the first meeting: Name, Address, Kin, Experience, and Dreams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-roose/the-author-s-mentor-advises-the-naked-method-of-breaking-the-ice-at/)

[Kevin Roose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-roose/)

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> [I say all the time that when you first meet me, you know three things right off the bat: I'm Nigerian, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-orji/i-say-all-the-time-that-when-you-first-meet-me-you-know-three-things/)

[Yvonne Orji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-orji/)

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> [Funny thing how you first meet the woman that you marry. I first met the wife in a tunnel of love. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-dawson/funny-thing-how-you-first-meet-the-woman-that-you-marry-i-first-met/)

[Les Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/les-dawson/)

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> [When I met Rachel Robinson for the first time, she is a regal woman, and she was like a grandmother in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chadwick-boseman/when-i-met-rachel-robinson-for-the-first-time-she-is-a-regal-woman/)

[Chadwick Boseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chadwick-boseman/)

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> [When you first meet someone you only see what they WANT to show you, and usually that's their good side. Thats why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-parker/when-you-first-meet-someone-you-only-see-what-they-want-to-show-you/)

[SONYA PARKER](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-parker/)

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> [I actually love to poke people's veins and draw their blood, so I'm probably looking at your veins when I first meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tayshia-adams/i-actually-love-to-poke-people-s-veins-and-draw-their-blood-so-i-m/)

[Tayshia Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tayshia-adams/)

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> [“You don’t understand,’ I said. ‘I need to be with her. With every fibre of my being I ache for her. I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-macleod/you-don-t-understand-i-said-i-need-to-be-with-her-with-every-fibre-of/)

[Doug MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-macleod/)

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> [“It was clear that he didn't remember me from one day to the next. The note clipped to his sleeve simply informed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ogawa/it-was-clear-that-he-didn-t-remember-me-from-one-day-to-the-next-the/)

[Yoko Ogawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ogawa/)

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> [The best type of date is when it's an unexpected thing. It could be starting as a friendship or a first meeting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-gerard-funk/the-best-type-of-date-is-when-it-s-an-unexpected-thing-it-could-be/)

[Nolan Gerard Funk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-gerard-funk/)

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> [“He didn't say much at our first meeting - nor at any of our meetings since, come to think of it -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/he-didn-t-say-much-at-our-first-meeting-nor-at-any-of-our-meetings/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

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> [“From the instant of our first meeting I judged him so, though it could be said that I was prejudiced. When one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-berg/from-the-instant-of-our-first-meeting-i-judged-him-so-though-it-could/)

[Carol Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-berg/)

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> [Now, as we stand three feet apart and stare at each other, I feel the full distance that comes with spending so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/now-as-we-stand-three-feet-apart-and-stare-at-each-other-i-feel-the/)

[Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/)

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> [The first meeting-houses were often built in the valleys, in the meadow lands; for the dwelling-houses must be clustered around them, since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-morse-earle/the-first-meeting-houses-were-often-built-in-the-valleys-in-the/)

[Alice Morse Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-morse-earle/)

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> [John Wells and Christopher Chulack were pretty honest from the get-go in our first meeting about 'Southland.' They were looking to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-hatosy/john-wells-and-christopher-chulack-were-pretty-honest-from-the-get-go/)

[Shawn Hatosy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-hatosy/)

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> [“An inevitable meeting with persons takes many forms. In the course of the first meeting, people oblige themselves to honor each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-chergui/an-inevitable-meeting-with-persons-takes-many-forms-in-the-course-of/)

[Sarah Chergui](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-chergui/)

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> [“When two members of a family or two intimate friends are separated, and one goes abroad and one remains at home, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/when-two-members-of-a-family-or-two-intimate-friends-are-separated/)

[Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/)

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> [“This may be the final note and closure of a very special part of my coaching career. The last piece of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chrissie-wellington/this-may-be-the-final-note-and-closure-of-a-very-special-part-of-my/)

[Chrissie Wellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chrissie-wellington/)

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> [Cats have a sort of game they play when they meet. A player alternates between watching the strange cat and ignoring her,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kij-johnson/cats-have-a-sort-of-game-they-play-when-they-meet-a-player-alternates/)

[Kij Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kij-johnson/)

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> [The flat tax I got on my first meeting with Margaret Thatcher, who I admired very much and who was a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mart-laar/the-flat-tax-i-got-on-my-first-meeting-with-margaret-thatcher-who-i/)

Mart Laar

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> [His words were still clear in her mind from that first meeting. "Whoever eats this will love you." She looked into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/his-words-were-still-clear-in-her-mind-from-that-first-meeting/)

[Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/)

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> [“Hello, umbrella girl.” I chuckled remembering our first meeting. She was walking down the stairs from her house, it was raining, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dari-a-malaunt/hello-umbrella-girl-i-chuckled-remembering-our-first-meeting-she-was/)

[Dari A. Malaunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dari-a-malaunt/)

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> [“Why did popular songs always focus on romantic love? Why this preoccupation with first meetings, sad partings, honeyed kisses, heartbreak, when life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-tyler/why-did-popular-songs-always-focus-on-romantic-love-why-this/)

[Anne Tyler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-tyler/)

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> [“Then, slowly, my feet settled to the ground. Before I had taken six steps I sagged like a sail when the wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/then-slowly-my-feet-settled-to-the-ground-before-i-had-taken-six/)

[Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/)

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> [“THE COUNCIL WAS NOTHING LIKE Jason imagined. For one thing, it was in the Big House rec room, around a Ping-Pong table,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/the-council-was-nothing-like-jason-imagined-for-one-thing-it-was-in/)

[Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/)

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> [“Dude, what're you waiting for?" Carlos calls. "Plant one on her." I lift my eyes and am shocked to see Brandon is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-harris/dude-what-re-you-waiting-for-carlos-calls-plant-one-on-her-i-lift-my/)

[Rachel Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-harris/)

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> [“He nodded. “From the first moment I saw you, I wanted you. It was the night of the Nethercourt gathering three years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-michaels/he-nodded-from-the-first-moment-i-saw-you-i-wanted-you-it-was-the/)

[Jess Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-michaels/)

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> [“I don’t dare to move. I don’t want him to stop touching me. But I can’t just sit here like an idiot.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-henderson/i-don-t-dare-to-move-i-don-t-want-him-to-stop-touching-me-but-i-can-t/)

[Lauren Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-henderson/)

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> [I think Dexter is a man whoa part of himself is very much frozen, or arrested in a place that is pre-memory,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-hall-2/i-think-dexter-is-a-man-whoa-part-of-himself-is-very-much-frozen-or/)

[Michael C Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-hall-2/)

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> [“ Turning Rejection Around What if your friendly, hopeful conversation starter is not met with signals of approval or interest? If the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-berent/turning-rejection-around-what-if-your-friendly-hopeful-conversation/)

[Jonathan Berent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-berent/)

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> [“Talking of being eaten by dogs, there’s a dachshund at Brinkley who when you first meet him will give you the impression…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-g-wodehouse/talking-of-being-eaten-by-dogs-there-s-a-dachshund-at-brinkley-who/)

[P.G. Wodehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-g-wodehouse/)

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                        "text": "“THE COUNCIL WAS NOTHING LIKE Jason imagined. For one thing, it was in the Big House rec room, around a Ping-Pong table, and one of the satyrs was serving nachos and sodas. Somebody had brought Seymour the leopard head in from the living room and hung him on the wall. Every once in a while, a counselor would toss him a Snausage. Jason looked around the room and tried to remember everyone’s name. Thankfully, Leo and Piper were sitting next to him—it was their first meeting as senior counselors. Clarisse, leader of the Ares cabin, had her boots on the table, but nobody seemed to care. Clovis from Hypnos cabin was snoring in the corner while Butch from Iris cabin was seeing how many pencils he could fit in Clovis’s nostrils. Travis Stoll from Hermes was holding a lighter under a Ping-Pong ball to see if it would burn, and Will Solace from Apollo was absently wrapping and unwrapping an Ace bandage around his wrist. The counselor from Hecate cabin, Lou Ellen something-or-other, was playing “got-your-nose” with Miranda Gardiner from Demeter, except that Lou Ellen really had magically disconnected Miranda’s nose, and Miranda was trying to get it back. Jason had hoped Thalia would show. She’d promised, after all—but she was nowhere to be seen. Chiron had told him not to worry about it. Thalia often got sidetracked fighting monsters or running quests for Artemis, and she would probably arrive soon. But still, Jason worried. Rachel Dare, the oracle, sat next to Chiron at the head of the table. She was wearing her Clarion Academy school uniform dress, which seemed a bit odd, but she smiled at Jason. Annabeth didn’t look so relaxed. She wore armor over her camp clothes, with her knife at her side and her blond hair pulled back in a ponytail. As soon as Jason walked in, she fixed him with an expectant look, as if she were trying to extract information out of him by sheer willpower. “Let’s come to order,” Chiron said. “Lou Ellen, please give Miranda her nose back. Travis, if you’d kindly extinguish the flaming Ping-Pong ball, and Butch, I think twenty pencils is really too many for any human nostril. Thank you. Now, as you can see, Jason, Piper, and Leo have returned successfully…more or less. Some of you have heard parts of their story, but I will let them fill you in.” Everyone looked at Jason. He cleared his throat and began the story. Piper and Leo chimed in from time to time, filling in the details he forgot. It only took a few minutes, but it seemed like longer with everyone watching him. The silence was heavy, and for so many ADHD demigods to sit still listening for that long, Jason knew the story must have sounded pretty wild. He ended with Hera’s visit right before the meeting.”",
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                        "text": "“Dude, what're you waiting for?\" Carlos calls. \"Plant one on her.\" I lift my eyes and am shocked to see Brandon is staring at my mouth. He swallows audibly and flicks his gaze to mine. the emotions darkening the soft green color are too confusing to name. Does he want to back out? An exhale of breath leaves Brandon's lips, almost like a laugh, and he scoots closer to me on the blanket. I twist my legs under myself, sitting tall as I face him. He cups my chin and tilts it toward him, drowning me in the now dark-green depths of his eyes, the cologne I gave him for his birthday filling my head. It's woodsy and yummy and I always loved how it smelled on the store testers, but on Brandon, it's even sexier. My eyes flutter closed, and I inhale again, this time slowly. Goose bumps prickle my arms, and my head gets fuzzy. Brandon slides his hand down the column of my neck and brings the other up, threading his fingers through the hair at my nape. His breath fans across my cheek, and everything south of my bellybutton squeezes tight. When his mouth first meets mine, it's hesitant, questioning. But as I move my lips with his, he quickly grows bolder, coaxing them apart. Desire, pure and raw, electrifies my veins as his tongue sweeps my mouth. A whimpering sound springs from my chest, and instinctively, I wrap my arms around his neck, tugging him closer. Needing more. My teeth graze his full bottom lip, and I pull it, sucking on it gently. He moans and knots his fingers in my hair, and a thrill dances down my back. Brandon is an amazing kisser, just as I knew he would be. I have no control over my body's reactions. I lose myself in his lips, his tongue, and his strong arms, forgetting time and space and even my surroundings...”",
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                        "text": "“He nodded. “From the first moment I saw you, I wanted you. It was the night of the Nethercourt gathering three years ago. You wore a green gown and your eyes seemed to be alive with color. You entered the room and I had to have you… I would have had you, except that Owen told me you were his new mistress.” Mariah blinked in increasing disbelief at the detail John could recount of the night of their first meeting. “I—I had no idea of your feelings.” “Of course not.” John frowned. “I made certain you did not, nor did Owen. I would not have betrayed him in such a manner. But my desire for you never decreased. Although I suppose that fact is rather clear since I have taken you not once, but twice in recent days. And without much finesse either time, for which I apologize.” Mariah set her cup away and leaned back in the chair to stare at him. “You act as though I received no pleasure from those encounters. I assure you, I did. A great deal, both times.” He smiled, almost in relief. “Good. I would hate to think I have left a poor impression.”",
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                        "text": "“I don’t dare to move. I don’t want him to stop touching me. But I can’t just sit here like an idiot. What I really want to do is kiss his hand, but I’m not brave enough for that. I wish I were. And then Luca’s hand moves, just a little, to touch my hair again. He winds his finger through one of my curls. “ Che boccoli ,” he says, sinking again to sit down next to me on the window seat. Our knees touch. “I don’t know the word in English, but my cousins have these too. Bigger, curly, like African hair. And my father. Maybe you are some kind of relative, Violetta-who-looks-like-Zia-Monica. A cousin. My pretty Italian cousin. You know, when I first meet you I say you look Italian.” He’s leaning close to me now, and I’ve completely forgotten how to breathe. I glance sideways at his finger, long, elegant, very pale by contrast with my dark brown curl wrapped around it. “ Boccoli, ” he said. I must remember to look that up. “I hope I’m not your cousin,” I say simply. “And see how dark you are.” He lets my curl fall and takes my hand, holding it up next to his, my skin much sallower. “I am white from the north,” he says. “My mother’s Austrian blood. But you, the color of your skin is from the south, or at least Centro Italia , my pretty Italian cousin.” “I don’t want to be your cousin,” I say again, nearly in a whisper. “Why? Because we have kissed?” Luca’s still holding my hand, but his eyes go darker, almost cynical. Almost bitter. “A kiss means nothing. Don’t you know that yet, Violetta? Kissing,” he says, so close now I can feel his breath on my face, so close I can almost feel his lips against mine, “is nothing at all…” I know I should pull away. Even before anything happens, he’s told me it means nothing to him. I should push back, get up, go and find the group. But if he doesn’t kiss me now, I will go insane. Our hands twine together. Our heads move in unison, tilting fractionally. Our mouths touch, our eyes close, our breaths merge. Our bodies edge even closer on the seat, wrapping around each other. I’m completely and utterly lost in him.”",
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                        "text": "I think Dexter is a man whoa part of himself is very much frozen, or arrested in a place that is pre-memory, pre-conscious, pre-verbal. Something very traumatic happened to him, he doesn't know what that is. And I think on some level he wants to know. He denies his humanity, he describes himself as someone who is without feeling, and yet I think that he maybe suspects - in a way that maybe isn't even conscious yet when we first meet him - that he is in fact a human being. Dexter's a unique killer in that his father saw his dark impulses, shined a light on them, and told Dexter that he saw them, he accepted them, that Dexter is good and that he is worthy of love. And I think that's what enables him to focus his energies in this unique way.",
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                        "text": "“ Turning Rejection Around What if your friendly, hopeful conversation starter is not met with signals of approval or interest? If the person you approach is fidgety, avoids eye contact, appears uneasy, and exhibits none of the signals of welcome, chances are he or she is not interested in interaction—at least not at that moment. The first thing to do is slow down. Be patient, and give the person time to relax with you. If you present yourself as relaxed and open to whatever develops (whether a good conversation, a valuable working relationship, even friendship or romance), your companion may in time relax too. Use your verbal skills to create an interesting conversation and a sense of ease to break the tension. Don’t pressure yourself to be able to define a relationship from the first meeting. Keep your expectations general, and remember the playfulness factor. Enjoy someone’s company with no strings attached. Don’t fabricate obligations where none exist. It may take several conversations for a relationship to develop. If you had hoped for romance but the feelings appear not to be reciprocated, switch your interest to friendship, which has its own rich rewards. What if you are outright rejected? Rejection at any point—at first meeting, during a date, or well into a relationship—can be painful and difficult for most of us. But there are ways to prevent it from being an all-out failure. One thing I like to tell my clients is that the Chinese word for failure can be interpreted to mean “opportunity.” And opportunities, after all, are there for the taking. It all depends on how you perceive things. There is a technique you can borrow from salespeople to counter your feelings of rejection. High-earning salespeople know that you can’t succeed without being turned down at least occasionally. Some even look forward to rejection, because they know that being turned down this time brings them that much closer to succeeding next time around. They may even learn something in the process. So keep this in mind as you experiment with your new, social self: Hearing a no now may actually bring you closer to the bigger and better yes that is soon to happen! Apply this idea as you practice interacting: Being turned down at any point in the process helps you to learn a little more—about how to approach a stranger, have a conversation, make plans, go on a date, or move toward intimacy. If you learn something positive from the experience, you can bring that with you into your next social situation. Just as in sales, the payoff in either romance or friendship is worth far more than the possible downfall or minor setback of being turned down. A note on self-esteem: Rejection can hurt, but it certainly does not have to be devastating. It’s okay to feel disappointed when we do not get the reaction we want. But all too often, people overemphasize the importance or meaning of rejection—especially where fairly superficial interactions such as a first meeting or casual date are concerned. Here are some tips to keep rejection in perspective: -Don’t overthink it. Overanalysis will only increase your anxiety. -Keep the feelings of disappointment specific to the rejection situation at hand. Don’t say, “No one ever wants to talk to me.” Say, “Too bad the chemistry wasn’t right for both of us.” -Learn from the experience. Ask yourself what you might have done differently, if anything, but then move on. Don’t beat yourself up about it. If those thoughts start, use your thought-stopping techniques (p. 138) to control them. -Use your “Adult” to look objectively at what happened. Remember, rejecting your offer of conversation or an evening out does not mean rejecting your whole “being.” You must continue to believe that you have something to offer, and that there are open, available people who would like to get to know you.”",
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                        "text": "“Talking of being eaten by dogs, there’s a dachshund at Brinkley who when you first meet him will give you the impression that he plans to convert you into a light snack between his regular meals. Pay no attention. It’s all eyewash. His belligerent attitude is simply—\" Sound and fury signifying nothing, sir?\" That’s it. Pure swank. A few civil words, and he will be grappling you . . . What’s the expression I’ve heard you use?\" Grappling me to his soul with hoops of steel, sir?\" In the first two minutes. He wouldn’t hurt a fly, but he has to put up a front because his name’s Poppet. One can readily appreciate that when a dog hears himself addressed day in and day out as Poppet, he feels he must throw his weight about. Is self-respect demands it.\" Precisely, sir.\" You’ll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?\" I could not say, sir.\" Nor me. I’ve often wondered.”",
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