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# James P Comer

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James Pierpont Comer is currently the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center and has been since 1976. He is also an associate dean at the Yale School of Medicine. As one of the world's leading child psychiatrists, he is best known for his efforts to improve the sch

##  Quotes by James P Comer

> [As blacks, we need not be afraid that encouraging moraldevelopment, a conscience and guilt will prevent social action. Black children without the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-comer-2/as-blacks-we-need-not-be-afraid-that-encouraging-moraldevelopment-a/)

[James P Comer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-p-comer-2/)

[Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/)

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> [While most of today's jobs donot require great intelligence, they do require greater frustration tolerance, personal discipline, organization, management, and interpersonal skills…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-comer-2/while-most-of-today-s-jobs-donot-require-great-intelligence-they-do/)

[James P Comer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-p-comer-2/)

[Decades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decades/)

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