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“Threats betray the speaker by proving that he has failed to influence events in any other way. Most often they represent desperation, not intention.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

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“MEN WHO CANNOT LET GO CHOOSE WOMEN WHO CANNOT SAY NO.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

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“If you tell someone ten times that you don’t want to talk to him, you are talking to them—nine more times than you wanted to.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

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“This is the violence that captures our fear and attention, even though only 20 percent of all homicides are committed by strangers. The other 80 percent are committed by people we know, so I’ll focus on those we hire, those we work with, those we fire, those we date, those we marry, those we divorce.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

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“the brilliant book Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman describes seven key abilities most beneficial for human beings: the ability to motivate ourselves, to persist against frustration, to delay gratification, to regulate moods, to hope, to empathize, and to control impulse. Many of those who commit violence never learned these skills. If you know a young person who lacks them all, that’s an important pre-incident indicator, and he needs help.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

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