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Angela Duckworth Quotes

I do feel it's hard to be modest and humble and egoless when people are telling you you are so great and wanting to give you prizes and energy. I'm trying hard not to be an awful, narcissistic human being.

Angela Duckworth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: psychologist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1970

Topics

Great Humble People Energy Feel You

There's a deep-freeze of sorts for all good intentions - a place that you store your plans to make changes in your life when you know you're not going to make them at all.

Jeffrey Kluger

Life Good You Place Know Plans

American government is like a train on a track. You have the people on the left shouting; you have the people on the right. But the train's on track. They just keep ploughing ahead.

Tom Wolfe

Government People American You Train

My preference for female company is based for the most part on the fact that women are more self-aware than men, in my experience.

Rodney Crowell

Women Experience Men More Company

America will always side with those whom she can direct, give orders to and have those orders obeyed.

Louis Farrakhan

America Will She Always Side Give

In Beverly Hills, it's very spoiled in terms of the quality of life. I think the climate and the space and the quality of life in Beverly Hills is exceptional.

Lisa Vanderpump

Life Quality Space Think Spoiled

Stiletto, I look at it more as an attitude as opposed to a high-heeled shoe.

Lita Ford

Attitude Look Shoe More Opposed

I grew up in the Bay Area until 1976, then I pretty much went all the way through primary and high school on Bainbridge, though like anybody who grows up on an island, I ran the first chance I got.

Jonathan Evison

School Chance High School Island Way

I love the challenge of thinking about how we might approach a bowl of cereal. People are getting so involved in foodie culture and becoming more educated about their food, and yet it can be really simple to do something that's so good for you.

Christina Tosi

Love Good Food Challenge Culture

Ultimately when I throw myself behind a movie, I have to really believe in that director's vision.

Christine Vachon

Vision Myself Believe Director Throw

Salt is so, so, so important. If that's the one thing everyone remembers, every step of the way, whenever I cook, I try to incorporate salt.

Antoni Porowski

Step Salt Important Way Try Cook

The kind of system Kickstarter uses has been used for hundreds of years. Unlike Medici-style patronage, where the richest people in town give large amounts of money, Kickstarter's system relies on the general public for funding projects, and rewards those backers.

Perry Chen

Money People Kind Years System Used

There's no need to dress like everyone else. It's much more fun to create your own look.

Twiggy

Fun Dress Look Create More Need