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  2. What is the 'let them' theory? Breaking down the phrase ... - AOL

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    “If you are someone who struggles to hold a boundary if you fear it might hurt someone else's feelings, or someone who can't stand the thought of someone else getting away with doing something ...

  3. Temperance (virtue) - Wikipedia

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    II.2 The mean is hard to attain, and is grasped by perception, not by reasoning. [3]: II.9 Pleasure in doing virtuous acts is a sign that one has attained a virtuous disposition. [3]: II.3 Temperance is the alignment of our desires with our enlightened self-interest, such that we desire to do what is best for our own flourishing.

  4. 49 Times Crows Were Seen Doing Scarily Smart Things - AOL

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    Something else people should refrain from doing is putting out food for crows that can attract other animals neighbors won’t be fond of, like cats, dogs, rats, foxes, or raccoons.

  5. Daring Greatly - Wikipedia

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    [2] In the book, Brown equates vulnerability with being something hard to do and that we need to "dare greatly" in order to overcome that vulnerability. [3] The book describes feelings of shame and unworthiness and how people have a hard time admitting they are doing certain things.

  6. Reactance (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Reactance can occur when an individual senses that someone is trying to compel them to do something; often the individual will offer resistance and attempt to extricate themselves from the situation. Some individuals are naturally high in reactance, a personality characteristic called trait reactance .

  7. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    The second one is also used to denote something unexpected/untimely as much as improbable. Hungarian – The two most often used expressions are majd ha piros hó esik ("when red snow falls"), and majd ha cigánygyerekek potyognak az égből ("When gypsy children are streaming from the sky").

  8. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    You can have too much of a good thing; You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink; You can never/never can tell; You cannot always get what you want; You cannot burn a candle at both ends. You cannot have your cake and eat it too; You cannot get blood out of a stone; You cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear

  9. Ironic process theory - Wikipedia

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    Ironic process theory (IPT), also known as the Pink elephant paradox [1] or White bear phenomenon, suggests that when an individual intentionally tries to avoid thinking a certain thought or feeling a certain emotion, a paradoxical effect is produced: the attempted avoidance not only fails in its object but in fact causes the thought or emotion to occur more frequently and more intensely. [2]