Albert Bandura Quotes
We find that people's beliefs about their efficacy affect the sorts of choices they make in very significant ways. In particular, it affects their levels of motivation and perseverance in the face of obstacles. Most success requires persistent effort, so low self-efficacy becomes a self-limiting process. In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, strung together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.
Quotes to Explore
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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I don't eat animals. I rescue strays and take injured pigeons to the wildlife rehab. I carry spiders and wasps outside in a cup covered with a 3x5 card. It would only follow that I'd take pause when contemplating the abrupt and apparently brutal ending of a tiny human being's life, or even a potential human being's life.
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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.
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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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I'm an all-or-nothing person.
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I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
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I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
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When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
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I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.
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A U.N. study claims the happiest country in the world is Switzerland. When asked why they're so happy, Swiss people couldn't answer because their hands were counting money and their mouths were full of chocolate.
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I have spent much of my life where the boys are, first as a tomboy and then on Wall Street. Growing up, I loved every and any sport. I was frustrated by girls who didn't, so I spent most of my afternoons with the boys.
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My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed to stick people together that have to figure out what to do.
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I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience. I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories. Aside from the science aspect of it, the philosophical possibilities are so interesting.
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We find that people's beliefs about their efficacy affect the sorts of choices they make in very significant ways. In particular, it affects their levels of motivation and perseverance in the face of obstacles. Most success requires persistent effort, so low self-efficacy becomes a self-limiting process. In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, strung together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.
