Both of these women came to us and talked so openly about their feelings and experiences.

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Barbara's greatest strength has always been her ability to put her own feelings and experiences into her songs.

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Because I had so many peers who had already had children by the time my daughter came around, I was able to recognize my own feelings and experiences more quickly.

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Stiglitz, who travels year-round for business, shared his experiences and feelings on the importance of sustainable travel as a way to share experiences, as an economic engine and as a way to set an example for others.

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And our experiences, and the feelings that we get from them, are very very influential in determining our behavior.

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To help you brainstorm, think about these four areas: stuff, services, experiences and feelings.

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Bring her a beautiful journal in which to record her experiences and feelings.

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He believes the origins of language stem from our early use of psychedelic compounds, which caused a sort of "ontological awakening" of our species and thus acted as an early catalyst for religion, cosmic feelings of awe and a desire for transcendent experiences.

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Of course it seems logical that there are benefits and drawbacks to both, and that each is probably associated with different forms of guilt or feelings of missed experiences.

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