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I'm insatiably curious about human nature. I feel very lucky that as a writer I get to learn so much about it just to do my job right.

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Susan Cain
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: March 20
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I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas.
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America had shifted from what influential cultural historian Warren Susman called a culture of character to a culture of personality, and opened up a Pandora's box of personal anxieties of which we would never recover.
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In our culture, snails are not considered valiant animals - we are constantly exhorting people to come out of their shells - but there's a lot to be said for taking your home with you wherever you go.
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up.
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We're told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a nation of extroverts - which means that we've lost sight of who we really are. Depending on which study you consult, one third to one half of Americans are introverts - in other words, one out of every two or three people you know.
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Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert Ideal to its logical extreme...If you don't love Jesus out loud, then it must not be real love. It's not enough to forge your own spiritual connection to the divine it must be displayed publicly.
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Indeed, your biggest challenge may be to fully harness your strengths. You may be so busy trying to appear like a zestful, reward-sensitive extrovert that you undervalue your own talents, or feel underestimated by those around you. But when you’re focused on a project that you care about, you probably find that your energy is boundless.
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As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.
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Love is essential, gregariousness is optional.
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It's never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population.
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One honest relationship can be more productive than fistfuls of business cards.
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