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"Head, Heart and Hands addresses three main motivational systems that affect people. Some prefer cognitive approaches, some prefer affective and some prefer practical. And all three affect all of us to some extent."
CreatingMinds.org, "Head, Heart and Hands (HHH)"

Shepard: If I want an opinion from the head, I go to Alenko. When I want one from the heart, I go to you.
Ashley: I also play a mean game of pool.

Marcus: Because the problem with the Flim-Flam Men and the Nerds is the Nerds are not able to control Flim-Flam Men. You gotta have a guy in the middle.
Ben: Yeah, absolutely.
Henry: We need a Paul Muad'Dib of the paranormal world. A true leader. The Muad'Dib, the desert mouse. One who makes his own water.
Marcus: He's talking about Dune again.
Ben: Oh this is Dune, because I was like "Who the—Who the hell is 'Paul Moe'Deed?'"
Henry: The first male Bene Gesserit! It's the only way that you could possibly combine the power of the Nerd, which knowing how fucking protractors work, and the power of the Flim-Flam Man, which is understanding you gotta pull a little "wink", gotta put a little sparkle, gotta put a glove on that hand because your knuckles, my friend, are kinda ugly.
Ben: Oh, my goodness...
Marcus: Technically, Ben, you're that guy. I'm the Nerd, Henry's the Flim-Flam Man, and you're the Maud'Dib.
Ben: I—I've always said I'm Maud'Dib.
The Last Podcast on the Left, Episode 386, describing the Freudian Trio in terms of of con artistry.

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