William Glasser Quotes
There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning but no losing.
Quotes to Explore
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I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.
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We really accomplished what we set out to do with the Recovery Act programs, which was to fill the lending gap created by the crisis.
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Because pandemics almost always begin with the transmission of an animal microbe to a human, it's work that takes me all around the globe - from rain forest hunting camps of central Africa to wild animal markets of east Asia.
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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All the great evils which men cause to each other because of certain intentions, desires, opinions, or religious principles, are likewise due to non-existence, because they originate in ignorance, which is absence of wisdom.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head.
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I graduated with an English degree and worked for awhile in academic publishing.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
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I love doing every role I do!
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
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I loved the time I got to spend in Denver. My boys, Arin and Ryan, were growing up. I got to spend time with them without being pried upon. There was no public scrutiny. I was free and could take them to the supermarket or to the park without being noticed or looked at.
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Don't be afraid to look silly.
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I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.
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Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice.
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No murder or sin or act of barbarism or cruelty has ever been committed by a person fully absorbed in the reading of a book. By this fact alone, we can conclude that readers are nicer people, at least until they put the book down. When we are reading, we are better.
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Sometimes when you take strong stands, if you're not called to do it, you're dividing the audience you're trying to reach.
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It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning but no losing.
