Angela Duckworth Quotes

Gritty people train at the edge of their comfort zone. They zero in on one narrow aspect of their performance and set a stretch goal to improve it.

Angela Duckworth

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One of our priorities is to have an enabling environment for private investment, both domestic and foreign investment, and that means we are going to officially combat corruption because we believe that this scourge, this illness, hinders our efforts to attract private investors.

Joao Lourenco

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The FOMC has considerable control over short-term interest rates. We have much less influence over long-term rates, which are set in the marketplace.

Jerome Powell

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I knew I was good at sports, and I knew I loved acting and performing, so I really dove into that, and school always became secondary.

Joel McHale

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I like people who are predictable.

Amy Schumer

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Push the envelope too far as a female artist, and you may only earn an ocean of ink expressing concern for your delicate constitution, amounting to a caution against playing on traditionally male wavelengths.

Michelle Dean

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If I were God, I would just be up there scratching my head, thinking, 'What the hell am I supposed to do with this?' For everyone helping an old lady across the street, there's someone else bludgeoning a person to death. And sometimes they're the same. How can He separate us all out?

Michael Shannon

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That is one good thing about this world... there are always sure to be more springs.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, 'Did he leave a will?' but 'Did he leave a diary?'

Liza Minnelli

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It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.

Doris Lessing

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I saw the first 'House Party' - not the other 10. I love pop culture references. If you saw 'Moneyball', watch it again, looking for all the Clash posters.

Brian Shactman

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I like singing in harmony - I like not having to sing every song.

Susanna Hoffs

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I try to not eat as much sugar, but it's so hard in our American diet to do that... It's hard to completely avoid.

Tom Brady

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