First Impression quotes
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"There are moments, particularly in times of stress, when haste does not make waste, when our snap judgments and first impressions can offer a much better means of making sense of the world."
"our unconscious reactions come out of a locked room, and we can't look inside that room. but with experience we become expert at using our behavior and our training to interpret - and decode - what lies behind our snap judgment and first impressions."
"Sometimes you're fooled quickly. You want to be fooled. If you can't trust your first impression you're going to have a harder time than you should."
