Albert Bandura Quotes
Through their capacity to manipulate symbols and to engage in reflective thought, people can generate novel ideas and innovative actions that transcend their past experiences.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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Spontaneity is what travel is all about.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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How can it be said we should use only constitutional means in our struggle, when all resistance is illegal and we have no way to change the brutal realities of the racism regime?
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The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
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I was once invited to attend a private dinner for Senator John F. Kennedy. But it was a Saturday evening, and I passed. Had better things to do.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It can be, but ultimately I believe that if you push through, the process is healing and exhilarating.
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Art has to be a kind of confession. I don't mean a true confession in the sense of that dreary magazine. The effort it seems to me, is: if you can examine and face your life, you can discover the terms with which you are connected to other lives, and they can discover them, too - the terms with which they are connected to other people.
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Luck plays an enormous role in trading success. Some people were lucky enough to be born smart, while others were even smarter and got born lucky.
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Through their capacity to manipulate symbols and to engage in reflective thought, people can generate novel ideas and innovative actions that transcend their past experiences.
