Manipulating Quotes (6 quotes)

“Theoretically, I can imagine that someday we will regard or children not add creatures to manipulate or to change but rather as messengers from a world we once deeply knew, but which we have long since forgotten, who can reveal to us more about the true secrets of life, and also our own lives, than our parents were ever able to.”
― Alice Miller, For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

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“Whenever you keep score in love, you lose.”
― Kamand Kojouri

tags: affection, affectionate, beloved, boyfriend, calculating, calculative, desire, falling-in-love, games, girlfriend, harmony, husband, in-love, inspiration, inspirational, kamand, kamand-kojouri, kojouri, lose, loser, loss, love, love-poem, love-quote, lover, loving, manipulating, manipulation, manipulative, marriage, mate, me-and-you, partner, passion, play, player, poem, poetry, quote, relation, relationship, score, soulmate, spouse, union, unity, wedding, wife, you-and-i, you-and-me

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“With the characteristic cunning of true love, she was already manipulating the future.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

tags: cunning, iris-murdoch, machinations, manipulating, scheming, the-future, true-love

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“ I have always believed that the key to manipulating people is to ensure that they always under- or over-estimate you. Never reveal your true abilities or plans.”
― Jonathan Sims, The Magnus Archives: Season 4

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“It’s not about describing someone as that’s typically an attempt to make whatever they are comfortable for whoever we are. Instead, we may wish to skip the agenda of the description and embrace the wonder of the person.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

tags: agendas, bias, comfort, comfortable, connectivity, control, controlling, describing, description, engage, engaging, friend, friendship, manipulate, manipulating, people, relate, relational, relationship, relationships, social, wonder

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“Talk is cheap,’ as the old saying goes. And I would suggest that it’s so cheap that you can’t even pay people to take it. Therefore, you might want to quit producing it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

tags: advertisement, cheap, deception, lying, manipulating, pay, political, talk

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