John Gray - Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (1992)

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The process of learning requires not only hearing and applying but also forgetting and then remembering again.

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Men are motivated and empowered when they feel needed.... Women are motivated and empowered when they feel cherished.

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When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blossom.

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To grow in our ability to love ourselves we need to receive love as well.

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One of the big challenges for men is correctly to interpret and support a woman when she is talking about her feelings. The biggest challenge for women is correctly to interpret and support a man when he isn't talking.

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You may wish to be loving - you may even try with all your might - but your love will never be pure unless you are free from resentment. When we are free from resentment, loving is effortless. When we have to try hard to love, this is generally a sign that we are repressing our resentments....

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Just as a man is fulfilled through working out the intricate details of solving a problem, a woman is fulfilled through talking about the details of her problems.

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The number one way a man can succeed in fulfilling a woman's primary love needs is through communication. By learning to listen to a woman's feelings, a man can effectively shower a woman with caring, understanding, respect, devotion, validation, and reassurance....

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To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own.

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When a man can listen to a woman's feelings without getting angry and frustrated, he gives her a wonderful gift.

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If I seek to fulfill my own needs at the expense of my partner, we are sure to experience unhappiness, resentment, and conflict. The secret of forming a successful relationship is for both partners to win.

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Always thought of myself as a loving person. But she was right. I had been a fair-weather friend. As long as she was happy and nice, I loved back. But if she was unhappy or upset, I would feel blamed and then argue or distance myself

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Get the love you deserve and gave your partner the love and support he deserves.

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Life is filled with rhythms-day and night, hot and cold, summer and winter, spring and fall, cloudy and clear. Likewise in a relationship, men and women have their own rhythms and cycles.

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The more she is able to express herself, the more she feels heard and understood, and the more she is able to give a man the loving trust, acceptance, appreciation, admiration, approval, and encouragement that he needs.

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Because she is afraid of not being supported, she unknowingly pushes away the support she needs.

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We mistakenly assume that if our partners love us they will react and behave in certain ways — the ways we react and behave when we love someone.

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Love brings up our unresolved feelings. One day we are feeling loved, and the next day we are suddenly afraid to trust love. The painful memories of being rejected begin to surface when we are faced with trusting and accepting our partner's love.

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If we are to feel the positive feelings of love, happiness, trust, and gratitude, we periodically also have to feel anger, sadness, fear, and sorrow.

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