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When you meet someone and there's good chemistry, the give and take feels a lot more natural; you're not always talking yourself into being more impulsive or pro-active than you want to be all of the time.

Teddy Wayne: Interview With Maura Kelly, Author of Much Ado About Loving Teddy Wayne 2012

When you meet someone and there's good chemistry, the give and take feels a lot more natural; you're not always talking yourself into being more impulsive or pro-active than you want to be all of the time.

Teddy Wayne: Interview With Maura Kelly, Author of Much Ado About Loving Teddy Wayne 2012

Government should be very aware of the private sector and very pro-active in the public sector.

Misunderstood, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

I appreciated that his wife wanted to see the girls, but being a pro-active parent from the father's perspective as to the agenda for such sessions was paramount, rather than playing it by ear and hoping that everything would be okay.

Carole Bennett, MA: Residential Rehab and the Family's Participation MA Carole Bennett 2011

That conscious look at reading has made me more pro-active about reading, my hobbies, etc. and that awareness tends to lead me to a more balanced overall life and one that includes a healthy amount of the written word.

Are You Reading Too Fast? 2009

This is the same Ms. Slaughter who in 2008 explained that her "biggest difference" with neocons "concerns the willingness to use military force," adding that she was "far more humble about how pro-active a role the United States can really play."

We're (Almost) All Neocons Now Bret Stephens 2011

However, the longer I live here the more I realize that most of the problems, the things that irk us (the expats), the things that create all the chaos and confusion and danger are related to the fact that Mexicans are re-active and not pro-active about virtually everything.

Prices almost never listed 2009

Putting prices on things would be tantamount to efficient behavior and thoughtful consideration of the client or customer, and that kind of forethought and pro-active behavior is simply not valued here, barely known or recognized.

Prices almost never listed 2009

Amazon is good to get my name out there but my own websites and blogs are probably more pro-active.

Interview: Kathie M. Thomas on publishing and virtual assistants - The Creative Penn | The Creative Penn 2009

When you meet someone and there's good chemistry, the give and take feels a lot more natural; you're not always talking yourself into being more impulsive or pro-active than you want to be all of the time.

Teddy Wayne: Interview With Maura Kelly, Author of Much Ado About Loving Teddy Wayne 2012