Albert Bandura Quotes
People's conceptions about themselves and the nature of things are developed and verified through four different processes: direct experience of the effects produced by their actions, vicarious experience of the effects produced by somebody else's actions, judgments voiced by others, and derivation of further knowledge from what they already know by using rules of inference.
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I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'.
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In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.
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I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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My uncles and other relatives are against encouraging girls in every aspect, and that includes sports. I hardly interact with them. My parents are more open. They back me all the way.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about those consequences and try to learn from their mistakes.
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Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
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When you're the president of the United States, you have no money unless the Congress says, 'Here's what you can spend it on.'
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A lot of times when I ran, to be honest, I didn't know where I was in the race. So I always was looking up at the scoreboard to say, 'Just call my name to see where I am,' because I tried to have such tunnel vision not to distract myself.
Gail Devers -
Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and guiding their career and bringing them to some type of status - there's joy in that.
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It's the Olympics. And it was a long way for me. To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.
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Just because someone will lend money to you doesn't mean you should borrow it.
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People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.
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No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.
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He doesn't move his face when he talks. His eyes are like shark eyes. Dead.
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People's conceptions about themselves and the nature of things are developed and verified through four different processes: direct experience of the effects produced by their actions, vicarious experience of the effects produced by somebody else's actions, judgments voiced by others, and derivation of further knowledge from what they already know by using rules of inference.
