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There's biology in everything, even when you're feeling spiritual.
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Helen Fisher
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 31
Anthropologist
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New York City
Helen Fisher
Helen E Fisher
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I don’t think we’re an animal that was built to be happy we are an animal that was built to reproduce.
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Scientists know that women gravitate to men who have a different immune system from theirs.
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People live for love. They kill for love. They die for love. They have songs, poems, novels, sculptures, paintings, myths, legends. It's one of the most powerful brain systems on Earth for both great joy and great sorrow.
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We all have restlessness in long-term relationships.
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Romantic love is not an emotion. ... It's a drive. It comes from the motor of the mind, the wanting part of the mind, the craving part of the mind.
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Whether you're married or not, relationships - and the satisfaction tied to them - are extremely important for increasing men's and women's quality of life.
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If two very different people pool their DNA, they'll create more genetic variety, and their young will come to the job of parenting with a wider array of skills.
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Until recently, we regarded love as supernatural. We were willing to study the brain chemistry of fear and depression and anger but not love.
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It's almost as if men who get tribal tattoos are trying to signal that they are dangerous, they're to be respected, and they're powerful.
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I've always maintained that men were more romantic than women.
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Along with our many human propensities, we evolved a huge cerebral cortex with which we make decisions.
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Men couldn't care less if your strands are perfectly styled and neat. In fact, he might like you more with some wildness or bedhead, since it shows you're carefree and relaxed.
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Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view.
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Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.
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Romantic love is an addiction.
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Liberals and conservatives are looking for entirely different things. Their attitudes toward romance and how they court are really dramatically different. There's almost no overlap.
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Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage.
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Experiences shape the brain, but the brain shapes the way we view experiences, too.
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Any kind of novelty or excitement drives up dopamine in the brain, and dopamine is associated with romantic love.
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I can't conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner.
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