Give me a child and I’ll shape him into anything.
B. F. SKINNER
B. F. SKINNER
B. F. Skinner on children
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B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine error is to quit attempting.
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B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.
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