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““I had feared that Rosie would not love me. Instead, it was I who could not love Rosie.””

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“My questionnaire would be ruthless in filtering out women who were concerned with appearance.”

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“I decided that ten positions would be sufficient initially. More could be learned if the initial encounter was successful. It did not take long—less…

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“Fault! Asperger’s isn’t a fault. It’s a variant. It’s potentially a major advantage. Asperger’s syndrome is associated with organization, focus, innovative thinking, and rational…

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I feel I've done the 10,000 hours you have to do to get good at something.

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Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits to my mental health…

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“When I returned, wearing an uncomfortably large white shirt, with a decorative frill in the front, I tried to introduce the Wife Project, but…

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I am a big advocate of the role of the bookstore in the community.

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“I need a minute to think,” she said. I automatically started the timer on my watch. Suddenly Rosie started laughing. I looked at her,…

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“I would normally have scheduled my driving time according to published studies on fatigue and booked accommodation accordingly. But I had been too busy to plan. Nevertheless, I stopped for rest breaks every two hours and found myself able to maintain concentration. At 11.43 p.m., I detected tiredness, but rather than sleep I stopped at a service station, refuelled, and…

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“used the precise speed indication on the GPS to set the cruise control to the exact speed limit, rather than relying on the artificially…

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“In the last eight weeks I had experienced two of the three best times of my adult life, assuming all visits to the Museum…

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“Asperger's isn't a fault. It's a variant. It's potentially a major advantage.”

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“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle. Anyway, both of these impulses can destroy order, which comes out of both drives, and which is another human need I haven't yet fit into my scheme. So both have to be controlled. But in fact,…

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