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William Glasser Quotes

When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control.

William Glasser

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: psychologist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 11, 1925 - August 23, 2013

Topics

Control Believe Feeling Over Victims

Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world.

World Literature Despair Salvation

I had more sexist encounters as a lawyer than I had as a journalist.

Lawyer More Sexist Than Journalist

Violence, as it is for the mafia and most other criminal organizations, was bad for pirate business. By doing battle with prey, pirates risked damage to their own ships and injury to their crews. It also made them bigger targets for law enforcement.

Business Law Law Enforcement Battle

Political and legal institutions play a central role in setting the environment that can nurture prosperity and economic growth.

Growth Legal Political Play Role

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith.

Change Women People Black Cinema

Cleveland people are crazy; that's why I live here.

Live People Crazy Why Here

When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity.

Identity People You Find Way Own

I'm concerned with the lost, the lonely, the shy. I think shyness is in some ways more widespread now than formerly. I used to be shy myself. Of course, you can't be me now and remain shy, but I remember very well what it felt like.

Myself Me Think Lonely Remember You

At the time I was growing up, literature was involved with the so-called confessional poets. And I was not interested in that. I did not think that specific and personal perspective functioned well for the reader at all.

Time Perspective Growing Up Think Up

A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.

Writing Action Landscape You Seeing

I have written some poetry and two prose books about baseball, but if I had been a rich man, I probably would not have written many of the magazine essays that I have had to do. But, needing to write magazine essays to support myself, I looked to things that I cared about and wanted to write about, and certainly baseball was one of them.

Myself Man Baseball Poetry Support

Everyone has some sort of connection to mental illness.

Connection Mental Illness Everyone

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