Angela Duckworth Quotes

As our knees and hips and eyesight deteriorate, we become more dependable, less impulsive, kinder, and less moody. Psychologists call this the maturity principle. My own life experience fits this principle to a T.

Angela Duckworth

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LifeExperienceMaturityBecomeMore

I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.

Joanne Harris

PeopleActivityConstantFondCities

Causes brings over 140 million people together to form the world's largest giving community. The belief that everyone has something to give is at the core of what we do; people just need a little inspiration, and to know that whoever they are, there is something meaningful they can do.

Joe Green

CommunityTogetherPeopleWorldKnow

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.

Max Beerbohm

ManSpiritualGeniusHimPayWho

I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think about the audience too much.

Sofia Coppola

ThinkToo MuchWantTrySeeJust

One of the reasons I wrote 'The Fall' is that climbing's more than a sport, it's a way of life. When you're in it, it's all you think about.

Simon Mawer

LifeThinkYouFallWayMore

I always tell actors when they go in for an audition: Don't be afraid to do what your instincts tell you. You may not get the part, but people will take notice.

Robert De Niro

PeopleYouGoWillAfraidTell

I have to say... Justine Bateman may be the most underrated sitcom actress ever.

Ron Eldard

SayMayUnderratedActressMost

I never play as well without these guys; the best I have ever been creatively has been with Pearl Jam.

Mike McCready

BestPlayNeverWithoutWellBeen

I loved teaching and I did a lot of work as a teacher's assistant in college, and my favorite experience was basically getting a laugh from a bunch of people because they had just understood something.

Joss Whedon

WorkTeacherExperienceCollegeJust

When gamers look at games not as overall experiences but as chimeric potpourris of sight and sound, we take too mechanical a perspective and ignore what really makes them special.

Jason Schreier

PerspectiveIgnoreLookSpecialTake

Imagine for a moment the result if everyone were to love one another as Jesus loves his disciples. We would have no bickering, quarreling, strife, or contention in our homes. We would not offend or insult one another either verbally or in any other way. We would not have unnecessary litigation over small matters.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

LoveMomentSmallResultInsultWay

We ask to be recognized as men.

Chief Joseph

MenAskRecognized

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