Behavior Quotes

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We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer. — Wendell Pierce
So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior. — Alan Rudolph
Which, the first meeting with anybody is, you know, everybody is on their best behavior. It's only after you get to know them for a… — Arthur Rock
I have been studying women's political behavior since the early 1970s and first identified the gender gap in 1980 with the help of legendary pollster… — Eleanor Smeal
The delicate and intricate pattern of competition and cooperation in the economic behavior of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Stockholm offers a challenge… — George Stigler
This is a world that defines everything backwards, a world in which good is called bad, brightness is called darkness, up is called down, enlightenment… — Frederick Lenz
It's easy to tell the evolutionary level of a group of beings, or an individual being, simply by examining their behavior, their art, their psychology,… — Frederick Lenz
We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior. — Jerry Springer
My mother moved abroad when I was 11, my dad wasn't around from the time that I was a baby, so I was not the… — Mark Strong
History is the history of human behavior, and human behavior is the raw material of fiction. Most people recognize that novelists do research to get… — Amy Waldman
I was fresh out of drama school and had no idea what I was doing. They hustled me along and Bill Cosby tolerated my rookie… — Michael Weatherly
Forgiveness is not the misguided act of condoning irresponsible, hurtful behavior. Nor is it a superficial turning of the other cheek that leaves us feeling… — Joan Z. Borysenko
Forgiveness entails the authentic acceptance of our own worthiness as human beings, the understanding that mistakes are opportunities for growth, awareness and the cultivation of… — Joan Z. Borysenko
Of all the major religions, or lack thereof, the atheist's is one of the best pretenders: his foundation for all existences, as well as moral… — Criss Jami
Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they… — Charles Garfield
Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front… — Linda Lavin
Mostly we're motivated to control ourselves in public. Mostly. At home the motivation is much less clear. At home there's a bit of a lab… — Ben Marcus
As a novelist, I'm endlessly fascinated by human behavior and interactions. — Juliet Marillier
In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything… — Karl Marlantes
Evolutionary theory informs our understanding of some frankly inexcusable social behavior and renders it perfectly normal. — Richard K. Morgan

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