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From the Ted Talk by Hannah Fry: The mathematics of love

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(Laughter)

or bald men, for example, deliberately choosing pictures where they're wearing hats. But actually this is the opposite of what you should do if you want to be successful. You should really, instead, play up to whatever it is that makes you different, even if you think that some people will find it unattractive. Because the people who fancy you are just going to fcnay you anyway, and the unimportant losers who don't, well, they only play up to your advantage.

OK, Top Tip #2: How to pick the perfect petrnar. So let's imagine then that you're a roaring success on the dating snece. But the question arises of how do you then covrnet that success into longer-term hansppies, and in particular, how do you decide when is the right time to settle down? Now generally, it's not advisable to just cash in and mrary the first person who comes along and shows you any interest at all. But, equally, you don't really want to leave it too long if you want to maximize your chance of long-term happiness. As my fivatroe atouhr, Jane Austen, puts it, "An unmarried woman of seven and twenty can never hope to feel or ispinre affection again."

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(Laughter)

or bald men, for example, deliberately choosing pictures where they're wearing hats. But actually this is the opposite of what you should do if you want to be successful. You should really, instead, play up to whatever it is that makes you different, even if you think that some people will find it unattractive. Because the people who fancy you are just going to _____ you anyway, and the unimportant losers who don't, well, they only play up to your advantage.

OK, Top Tip #2: How to pick the perfect _______. So let's imagine then that you're a roaring success on the dating _____. But the question arises of how do you then _______ that success into longer-term _________, and in particular, how do you decide when is the right time to settle down? Now generally, it's not advisable to just cash in and _____ the first person who comes along and shows you any interest at all. But, equally, you don't really want to leave it too long if you want to maximize your chance of long-term happiness. As my ________ ______, Jane Austen, puts it, "An unmarried woman of seven and twenty can never hope to feel or _______ affection again."

Solution


  1. happiness
  2. marry
  3. partner
  4. fancy
  5. inspire
  6. scene
  7. favorite
  8. author
  9. convert

Original Text


(Laughter)

or bald men, for example, deliberately choosing pictures where they're wearing hats. But actually this is the opposite of what you should do if you want to be successful. You should really, instead, play up to whatever it is that makes you different, even if you think that some people will find it unattractive. Because the people who fancy you are just going to fancy you anyway, and the unimportant losers who don't, well, they only play up to your advantage.

OK, Top Tip #2: How to pick the perfect partner. So let's imagine then that you're a roaring success on the dating scene. But the question arises of how do you then convert that success into longer-term happiness, and in particular, how do you decide when is the right time to settle down? Now generally, it's not advisable to just cash in and marry the first person who comes along and shows you any interest at all. But, equally, you don't really want to leave it too long if you want to maximize your chance of long-term happiness. As my favorite author, Jane Austen, puts it, "An unmarried woman of seven and twenty can never hope to feel or inspire affection again."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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de rossi 3
sarah jessica 3
jessica parker 3
negativity threshold 3
finding love 2
neatly ordered 2
question arises 2
deliberately choosing 2
big deal 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
online dating website 3
portia de rossi 3
sarah jessica parker 2

Important Words


  1. advantage
  2. advisable
  3. affection
  4. arises
  5. austen
  6. author
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  21. happiness
  22. hats
  23. hope
  24. imagine
  25. inspire
  26. interest
  27. jane
  28. laughter
  29. leave
  30. long
  31. losers
  32. marry
  33. maximize
  34. men
  35. partner
  36. people
  37. perfect
  38. person
  39. pick
  40. pictures
  41. play
  42. puts
  43. question
  44. roaring
  45. scene
  46. settle
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  48. success
  49. successful
  50. time
  51. tip
  52. top
  53. twenty
  54. unattractive
  55. unimportant
  56. unmarried
  57. wearing
  58. woman