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You can judge a book by its cover - by Sasha Chapin

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You can judge a book by its cover ... Sasha Chapin May 02, 2026 400 31 46 Share Within 5m of talking to someone, they’ve given you a tremendous amount of information, between posture, costume, patterns of eye contact, level of nervous system activation, along with the words they say. That is, if you listen. When you’re very young it’s difficult to make sophisticated use of this. You’re so full of need, insecurity, and judgement. So this is the dark, lumpy glass you look through. But as you get a little older and this loosens, you realize how much you can actually see people, how much this is a

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