W. I. Thomas quotes
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“It is not important whether or not the interpretation is correct — if men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.”
-- W. I. ThomasSource : The Child in America ch. 13 (1928). Coauthored with Dorothy Swaine Thomas.
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“If a person perceives a situation as real, it is real in its consequences.”
-- W. I. Thomas
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