Angela Duckworth Quotes

I worked hard when I was a consultant. I worked hard when I was in graduate school looking at neuroscience. I worked hard as a teacher. But those are completely different career paths. And the lack of direction is why I didn't get far enough in any of those things.

Angela Duckworth

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TeacherSchoolLookingDirectionWhy

I am a frustrated saxophone player. If I could, I would abandon all of my books, and I would trade it all if I could play the way people I admire play.

Robert Pinsky

I AmPeoplePlayAdmireWayTrade

For women, Neo-Confucianism placed extra emphasis on chastity, obedience, and diligence. A good wife should have no desire other than to serve her husband, no ambition other than to produce a son, and no interest beyond subjugating herself to her husband's family - meaning, among other things, she must never remarry if widowed.

Amanda Foreman

FamilyGoodWomenSonWifeAmbition

Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green.

Robert Cailliau

GreenColorsSeeI SeeBecause

I love to work with the younger kids who are trying to live out their dreams, if in fact that's what they plan on doing after college to take the next step. A very select few have that opportunity so when you do have the opportunity you know, those guys take advantage of it.

Roger Clemens

WorkLoveDreamsLiveOpportunity

I so find Harold Pinter and David Mamet's writing to be exciting, and obviously there aren't that many female - at least with Mamet, there aren't that many good female roles. But I always thought it would be interesting to play one of the guy roles.

Julia Stiles

GoodWritingThoughtInterestingGuy

I wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it's probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we'll eat, what we'll do, what we'll think about, what we'll say... and on and on.

Joyce Meyer

DayBelieveThinkDecisionsWonder

My favorite actors when I was a kid were in their '60s. Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne.

Joseph Bologna

KidFavoriteWereJohn WayneJohn

Call it weakness if you will, but even the toughest individuals need assistance getting back on track.

Jon Jones

WeaknessYouBackWillNeedCall

I got hooked on immersive cinema when I worked on '2001,' which was initially shown on these Cinerama screens, which were all 90 feet wide and deeply curved.

Douglas Trumbull

FeetCinemaGotScreensWideDeeply

The shortest feedback loop I can think of is doing improvisation in front of an audience.

Demetri Martin

ThinkDoingFeedbackI CanAudience

My stand-up act? I combine the fact that the world is a violent place with the fact that each person is responsible for the situation they are in.

Colin Quinn

WorldSituationPlacePersonAct

I knew that people were going to talk about it, I knew it was embarrassing, and I knew it was a big deal. But did I think that it was going to be this thing that followed me for, you know, the next years to come? I guarantee you, 25 years from now, I'll be known as the girl that lip synced on 'SNL.' But, you know, it was a weird thing. Not fun.

Ashlee Simpson

GirlFunPeopleMeThinkWeird

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