B.F. Skinner
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"We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading."
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"Positive reinforcement is more effective than punishment."
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"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."
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"Freedom is a problem unsolved and, because of inexorable circumstances, perhaps insoluble."
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"Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man is not overwhelmed by it."
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"The average American family would be priced out of the middle class if health care costs continue to rise."
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"Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences."
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"The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again."
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"We are not going to change the external world until we change ourselves."
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"The environment is the source of all behavior."
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