Lost (2004–2010): Season 3, Episode 14

Ben Linus: -No, I can convince him to do it.

Dr. Juliet Burke:  -How?

Ben Linus:-The same way I get anybody to do anything. I find out what he's emotionally invested in, and I exploit it.

Citate diverse

1. Cu totii visam... tuturor ne place sa credem, in adancul sufletului, ca avem un har aparte si ca putem schimba multe avand o influenta pozitiva asupra celorlalti, schimband lumea in bine. 

2. Deciziile noastre - si nu conditiile de viata - ne determina soarta.

3. Sentimentul dee bunastare personala si de imbogatire afectiva sta la baza tuturor celorlalte realizari din existenta ta.
   

Animal Kingdom (2016– ) - s03e07 - Low Man

Frankie: Except sex.[...] You have to be smart to be good at it. Figure out what a person wants, give it to them. Good sex is spiritual. Psychological. Gotta know what makes a person tick, what they're ashamed of, what they hate about themselves, what they wish other people could see.

Length of ring and index fingers 'linked to sexuality'

Women whose left index and ring fingers are different lengths are more likely to be lesbians, a study suggests.

Scientists measured the fingers of 18 pairs of female identical twins, where one was straight and the other gay.

On average, the lesbians, but not the straight twins, had different sized index and ring fingers, typically a male trait, but only on the left hand.

This may be the result of exposure to more testosterone in the womb, the University of Essex researchers said.

The scientists also measured the fingers of 14 pairs of male identical twins, where one was straight and the other gay, but found no link

Social Circle Mastery

Braddock: Confidence is reinforced by anticipation of social acceptance

Combatting cult mind control

Nonetheless, I have learned that fast action is often necessary. If someone is being worked upon in a mind control environment, sometimes the difference of even a few hours can be crucial. (p18)

Any group that engages in outright deception to pursue its ends, whether religious or secular in its apparent orientation, I define as a destructive cult. (p.19)

"mind control" may be understood as a system of influences that disrupts an individual's identity (beliefs, behaviour, thinking, and emotions) and replaces it with a new identity. In most cases, that new identity is one that the original identity would strongly object to if it knew in advance what was in store. (p.21)

His strategy, "serve and help people until they are dependent on you, then control them."

The report (from the Japanese bar association), which estimates that only 1 percent of consumer fraud victims complain, concludes that $165 million is only the 'tip of the iceberg' (p.24)

Game of Thrones (2011– ) Season 1 Episode 1: Winter Is Coming

Tyrion Lannister: And you... you're Ned Stark's bastard,aren't you? Did I offend you? Sorry. You are the bastard though.
Jon Snow: Lord Eddard Stark is my father.
Tyrion Lannister:And Lady Stark is not your mother,making you the bastard. Let me give you some advice,bastard. Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor and it can never be used to hurt you.
Jon Snow: What the hell do you know about being a bastard?
Tyrion Lannister: All dwarves are bastards in their father's eyes.

Jaime Lannister: Getting a little old for it?

Eddard 'Ned' Stark: I don't fight in tournaments because when I fight a man for real, I don't want him to know what I can do.

Black Sails - Season 1 Episode 7: VII

Max:  In my experience, if you do not discipline a whore, she will always take advantage. Get your fucking house in order.

House of Cards - s01e07 - Chapter 7

Francis Underwood: I didn't plan on telling him so much so soon, but if I didn't, Linda would've swayed him. There is no better way to overpower a trickle of doubt than with a flood of naked truth

Scorned: Love Kills - s01e17 - In the Closet

Donna Nelson: What I took from this was that you never really know what a person will do and you have to let the evidence speak for itself

Terminator Salvation (2009)

Blair Williams :

Thinking about the past? You know what I have learned, Marcus? Is you can focus on what is lost...  or you can fight for what is left.

The Puzzle of Left-handedness

No one can yet say with any certainty just how it comes about that one person is right-handed and another left-handed. Equally puzzling are the reasons why left-handedness arose in the first place. It must have happened a very long time ago, because another puzzle is why down through the centuries, all over the world, there has always been a stable left-handed minority of around ten per cent. (p. 9)

Dexter: Season 8, Episode 8 Are We There Yet?

Dr. Evelyn Vogel: I've always maintained that the greatest obstacle in life isn't danger, it's boredom.

Hannah McKay: Boredom?

Dr. Evelyn Vogel: Mm, the battle against it is responsible for most of the events in the world, good or ill. I'm convinced of it.

Dexter: Season 7, Episode 7 Chemistry

Hannah McKay: You know, my grandma has this saying "Trust those who seek the truth, but doubt those who say that they have found it."

Barbatii care urasc femeile si femeile care ii iubesc

E usor sa nu vezi indicii in relatiile anterioare, sa omiti problemele si lipsa de responsabilitate ale unei persoane care te face sa te simti minunat.  (p.32)

Jackie credea ca il va transform pe Mark ca prin minune, prin puterea iubirii sale. Pentru multe femei, credinta aceasta este un afrodiziac foarte puternic. Barbatul le ajuta sa se vada ca niste zeite, ca mame ale pamantului, vindecatoare. Iubirea lor poate sa vindece, fie ca este vorba de o problema financiara, de droguri sau de abuz de alcool ori chiar de o relatie anterioara nesatisfacatoare. Daruind, ajutand si sprijinind, ele isi creeaza singure iluzia puterii si tariei. In toate femeile exista o urma de eroism; ele se innobileaza prin salvarea partenerilor, fiindca ei vor deveni persoane diferite, cu ajutorul lor. (p.34)

Suntem adesea atrasi de parteneri ce isi arata sentimentele pe care le consideram deranjante atunci cand apar la noi. (p.157)

Use of samples

Samples serve numerous valuable purposes. They enable one to use the word "Free" in ads. That often multiplies readers. Most people want to learn about any offered gift. Tests often show that samples pay for themselves - perhaps several times over - in multiplying the readers of your ads without additional cost of space. (p.30)

Before a prospect is converted, it is approximately as hard to get half price for your article as to get the full price for it. (p.31)

Give samples to interested people only. Give them only to people who exhibit that interest by some effort. Give them only to people whom you have told your story. First create an atmosphere of respect, a desire, an expectation. When people are in that mood, your sample will usually confirm the qualities you claim. (p.32)

Strategy

It is a well-known fact that the greatest profits are made on great volume at small profit. (p.8)

Things too costly

No advertiser could afford to educate people on vitamins or germicides. Such things are done by authorities, through countless columns of unpaid-for space. But great successes have been made by going to people already educated and satisfying their created wants. (p.24)

An article, for instance, may have many uses, one of which is to prevent disease. Prevention is not a popular subject, however much it should be. People will do much to cure trouble, but people in general will do little to prevent it. This has been proved my many disappointments. (p.25)

Art in advertising

Ads are not written to interest, please or amuse. You are not writing to please the hoi-polloi. You are writing on a serious subject - the subject of money spending. And you address a restricted minority. (p.22)

Tell your full story

In every ad consider only new customers. People using your product are not going to read your ads. They have already read and decided. (p.20)