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When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if we could have settled for a lesser label.

William Glasser

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William Glasser
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 11
Died: 2013
Died: August 23
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Cleveland
Ohio
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