William Glasser Quotes
Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.
Quotes to Explore
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Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.
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I don't think many people consider in their heart that they have two places that are home.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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I love the song 'Into the Night.' It's Roy Orbison meets David Lynch meets Iggy Pop on amphetamines. It has a punk edge that is not HIM, per se. It is super melodic and super '60s, and that is very new to me and it is a sense of achievement to me.
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As far as 'Windup Girl' becoming a hit - none of us expected that. 'Night Shade' was just hoping not to lose their shirts, and I had grown up hearing from everyone that science fiction didn't sell, so all of our expectations were very low.
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Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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In my personal life, I would just feel like, I will always be cool with everyone.
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There is no handbook about how a career is going to go.
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You get an audience to laugh and then show them something horrific, it's going to be even more horrific because they've had the release of the laugh before it.
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I like manual things, doing things with my hands, the feeling of touching.
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Jacqueline Rose was so wonderful in so many ways, and I was really blessed to be her daughter. Of all the things I am because of her - there's no question: I am a writer because of her love of books.
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We talk on principal, but act on motivation.
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In a play, you dictate pace, you dictate rhythm, you dictate when people look at you, when people should be looking at something else. In film, the editor does that.
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I'd like mostly stuff for design, because I like to design clothing.
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The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
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I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived.
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They say an elephant never forgets. Well, you are not an elephant. Take notes, constantly. Save interesting thoughts, quotations, films, technologies... the medium doesn't matter, so long as it inspires you.
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A good teacher sees the commonality of all human beings
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Any revolution which denies the right to criticize is bound to wallow in stagnation and backwardness.
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He had to do certain things just to get out of the state, but I really admire his strength through this whole thing.
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If it weren't for the lawyers we wouldn't need them.
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City needs creativity to retain the high performers who have lived there for years as well as to attract new, interesting residents.
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Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.
