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Perhaps these occasional passions for her directors and leading men, beginning with the first cry of "Action!" and ending with the final cut, are pacts she makes for art, romance and commerce. Kinski acts on instinct???great instincts?not from technique. "I don't understand acting except while I'm doing it," she asserts. "And sometimes not even then." Her Method is a kind of controlled madness. For her, each new film is a fairy tale she can believe in; she is the sleeping beauty, and her director is the prince whose talent and passion will convince...
Mothers who practice Skinnerism?knowingly or by instinct???have an easier time with their youngsters when they reward good behavior instead of punishing bad. Explains Skinner: "If a mother goes to her baby only when he yells, she reinforces fussing. But when she goes to him while he's happy and perhaps saying 'Mama' softly, the baby will always speak to her that...
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