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" We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher. "
William Glasser
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" Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first. "
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" To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it. "
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" Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, or perhaps later in life, yes when we should say no. "
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" We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives. "
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" Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship. "
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