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What we get, and all we ever get, from the outside is information how we choose to act on this information is up to us.

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William Glasser
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 11
Died: 2013
Died: August 23
Psychiatrist
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Cleveland
Ohio
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Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.
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Unlike the weak, the strong neither give up nor are driven by pain into rash or stupid behavior. They don't like pain any more than anyone else, but they are not willing to settle for short-term relief if it means reducing their options later. They don't rob Peter to pay Paul, they face reality now.
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