Construals Quotes & Sayings

My role in the White House was grossly exaggerated by the press. Fortunately for the American people, when the president had to make a critical economic decision or a decision on a weapons system, he did not turn to me and say, 'Hamilton, what in the hell do I do?' — Hamilton Jordan

Users who continually find value in a product are more likely to tell their friends about it. — Nir Eyal

No secrecy, no business. — Toba Beta

There is a certain delicacy which in yielding conquers; and with a pitiful look makes one find cause to crave help one's self. — Philip Sidney

I don't make unconventional stories; I don't make non-linear stories. I like linear storytelling a lot. — Steven Spielberg

Develop a mind so filled with love that it resembles space. — Sharon Salzberg

You know, freedom is a very popular idea, and young people love it, and they're open to ideas. And they like principled answers to our problems. — Ron Paul

You should go in there and take a pic of him in a compromising position. That would sell magazines." Austin Reese — Bella Jeanisse

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A bit
of virtue
will never
hurt you. — Piet Hein

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens. — Elizabeth George

Every time one of my books sells a million copies in paperback, Pan Macmillan gives me a gold statuette of Pan. I have about 20 of them. — Wilbur Smith

the way coupling is envisioned in contemporary American society is not universal, it is not timeless, and it is not human nature. Instead, the reigning American worldview may well represent one of the narrowest construals of intimacy ever imagined. Where once the tendrils of love and affection reached out to family, friends, and community, reached back to ancestors, and reached up to the heavens, now they surround and squeeze just one other person - sometimes to the point of asphyxiation. — Bella DePaulo