Rita Levi-Montalcini

The four of us enjoyed a most wonderful family atmosphere filled with love and reciprocal devotion. Both parents were highly cultured and instilled in us their high appreciation of intellectual pursuit. It was, however, a typical Victorian style of life, all decisions being taken by the head of the family, the husband and father.

Italian Scientist

Pope Benedict XVI

To me, it really seems visible today that ethics is not something exterior to the economy, which, as technical matter, could function on its own; rather, ethics is an interior principle of the economy itself, which cannot function if it does not take account of the human values of solidarity and reciprocal responsibility.

German Clergyman

Alexander Graham Bell

In this experiment, made on the 9th of October, 1876, actual conversation, backwards and forwards, upon the same line, and by the same instruments reciprocally used, was successfully carried on for the first time upon a real line of miles in length.

Scottish Inventor

Jason Moran

I have that huge print from Pollock by the piano because the influence is reciprocal. He was into hearing music while he created, and I sometimes do the opposite. I'm influenced by everything from an ant to a dream.

American Musician

Nirmala Sitharaman

For me, representing India, as much as I can give, I need reciprocal things to be given to me. If I am willing to offer tariff concessions on goods, I want something to be offered by them to boost India's services.

Indian Politician

J. William Fulbright

Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations.

American Politician

Voltaire

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

French Writer

John C. Calhoun

Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the way which has led nations to greatness.

American Statesman

Claude Shannon

Information: the negative reciprocal value of probability.

American Mathematician

Marcel Proust

French Author

Both parties contribute equally in a reciprocal relationship, neither does more or less.

Equal Participation

Often used in formal contexts to explain bilateral partnerships or deals.

Common in Agreements

Reciprocity may imply different expectations of exchange in different cultures.

Cultural Nuance

In maths, the reciprocal is exactly one over the number; it's precise, not a general idea.

Maths Precision

Zero doesn't have a reciprocal because you can't divide by zero in mathematics.

Not Zero

Reciprocal functions are used to represent relationships that are inversely proportional.

Function Use

Business reciprocals should benefit all involved, not just one party.

Mutual Benefit

Ensure reciprocals aren't one-sided; both sides should contribute and gain similarly.

Beware Imbalance

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 So these funerals are characterized by elaborate rituals that tie people in a system of reciprocal debt based on the amount of animals -- pigs, chickens and, most importantly, water buffalo -- that are sacrificed and distributed in the name of the deceased.

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 or the way you'd read it in a scientific paper. It's a story about beyond biomimetics, to something I'm calling biomutualism. I define that as an association between biology and another discipline, where each discipline reciprocally advances the other,

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 or refer to him or her on a first-name basis. If two friends have a reciprocal transaction, like selling a car, it's well known that this can be a source of tension or awkwardness. In dating, the transition from friendship to sex

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 She then proceeded to describe her sex life to a series of one-off hookups, starting when she was 13, that were not especially responsible, not especially reciprocal and not especially enjoyable.

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 Again, I know this is not as inspiring a notion of compassion as you may have heard in the past, but from a biologist's point of view, this reciprocal altruism kind of compassion

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