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“It takes two to have a fight.”
― Roberta M. Gilbert, Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions

“People frequently point to communication as a problem, because its easy to notice, but usually it is a symptom of an underlying problem with a relationship posture.”
― Roberta Gilbert, Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions

“A wise politician, when asked if he were for or against Prohibition, answered: If by alcohol, you mean the dangerous drink which destroys families, than I am fully for Prohibition. But if, by alcohol, you mean noble drink which promotes good fellowship and makes every meal a pleasure, then I am against it.”
― Leil Lowndes, How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

“We hope you have not made the error of supposing that to criticize is always to disagree. (...) To agree is just as much of an exercise of critical judgment on your part as to disagree.”
― Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

“If anybody thinks they should listen to me because I'm a professor at MIT, that's nonsense. You should decide whether something makes sense by its content, not by the letters after the name of the person who says it.”
― Noam Chomsky

“It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.”
― Henry Ford