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The brain was not built to walk into a bar, where you know nobody, and start a conversation. That's not the way humanity has courted.

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Helen Fisher
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 31
Anthropologist
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A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough economically and culturally to bring up a child without a recognized commitment from a man.
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Office romances are few, short, and not usually destructive.
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If we remained perpetually infatuated, we couldn't eat, sleep or work.
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Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It signals that we are interested and excited, which is attractive to men.
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