Walter Mischel quotes
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“Once you realize that will power is just a matter of learning how to control your attention and thoughts, you can really begin to increase it.”
-- Walter MischelSource : "Don’t!". Interview with Jonah Lehrer, www.newyorker.com. May 18, 2009.
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“In fact, Bill Clinton's an excellent example of what he should be doing when he realizes that he's not invulnerable. He realized two things: his invulnerability was contextualized in two things: junk food, and he had a problem with certain kinds of women.”
-- Walter MischelSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“I have an easy tendency to stumble and fall, which is not a good thing in an 84-year-old guy, so when I brush my teeth, then I do balancing exercises.”
-- Walter MischelSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“I made a pact with my three-year-old thumb-sucking daughter that if she stopped sucking her thumb, I would stop sucking my pipe.”
-- Walter MischelSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“I think the whole point about self-control, the whole point about willpower, is to help people understand that there are endless self-nudge techniques that can be enormously helpful and are very simple.”
-- Walter MischelSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“If you want to know why some kids can wait and others can’t, then you’ve got to think like they think,”
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“And you can save more money for retirement. It’s not just about marshmallows.”
-- Walter MischelSource : "The Long Term Benefits Of Self Discipline" by Jonah Lehrer, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2009.
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“If you can deal with hot emotions, then you can study for the S.A.T. instead of watching television, and you can save more money for retirement. It's not just about marshmallows.”
-- Walter MischelSource : "The Long Term Benefits Of Self Discipline" by Jonah Lehrer, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2009.
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“Melancholy is not one of my emotions. Quite seriously, I don't do melancholy. It's a miserable way to be.”
-- Walter MischelSource : "Learning How to Exert Self-Control" by Pamela Druckerman, www.nytimes.com. September 12, 2014.
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“James Watson summarizes the conclusion: “A predisposition does not a predetermination make.”
-- Walter Mischel
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