manipulating

Meaning

of Manipulate

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Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world. Erich Fromm

Looking at the other person's point of view and arousing in him an eager want for something is not to be construed as manipulating that person so that he will do something that is only for your benefit and his detriment. Each party should gain from the negotiation. Dale Carnegie

The true manipulator never has a reputation for manipulating. Martin Amis

Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted. Donna Mills

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form. Penelope Lively

For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time. Brian Eno