W. I. Thomas Quotes

• 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. Thomas

  Real, Men, Important

  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

  Real, Situation, Perceive

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