William Glasser Quotes
We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.
Quotes to Explore
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A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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I love to push myself.
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You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.
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Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off.
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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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Well, I was a big fan of the book and therein a huge fan of the girl Precious. And so I felt like I knew this girl. I felt like I'd grown up alongside her. I felt like she was in my family. She was my friend and she was like people I didn't want to be friends with.
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
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If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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Lupe Fiasco is kinda cool. I like him a lot.
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Successful ventures in business or philanthropy are built around great teams who can help us overcome tremendous challenges - and have the right experiences and relationships to do so.
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Health care is the No. 1 concern of small businesses and the status quo is untenable.
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I was not really as good as I should have been.
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I think most people's careers in theater are based on delusion. It's just that mine started early.
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I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.
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Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.
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We are in a movement that must not fade away. The bosses are you. The people in Washington are public servants, and they serve you.
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I enjoy a Prosecco. It's bubbly; it's fun. I think it goes with a lot of food.
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I think with animation there's a certain freedom that you're given. You don't have a thought at the back of your mind, that worry that you'll have to cut and go back to the top of the scene. You're not working with anyone else from the cast. It's just you.
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Dying was nothing and he had no picture of it nor fear of it in his mind. But living was a field of grain blowing in the wind on the side of a hill. Living was a hawk in the sky. Living was an earthen jar of water in the dust of the threshing with the grain flailed out and the chaff blowing. Living was a horse between your legs and a carbine under one leg and a hill and a valley and a stream with trees along it and the far side of the valley and the hills beyond.
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I had to wait 110 years to become famous... I intend to enjoy it as long as possible.
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We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.
