Angela Duckworth Quotes

I'm so much more gratified by my life now that I have an expertise. I wake up every day thinking about a fairly small set of scientific questions all related to the psychology of achievement, and I'll never get bored of those questions. That's something I couldn't say to you when I was 22 or 25 or probably even 31.

Angela Duckworth

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We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved.

John Breaux

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I'm not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on.

Maya Lin

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I don't harbor any anti-male feeling in my heart.

Ann Wilson

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That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.

John Stuart Mill

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The way to connect to people is to relate to who they are and do something that stretches you outside of your comfort zone.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

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I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn't together.

Tracy Morgan

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Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.

Miguel de Unamuno

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For years, despite my inner doubts, I represented to others my choice to veil as a feminist one.

Mona Eltahawy

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I do feel a lot of times like I'm out of my league with my kids in terms of what my responsibility is.

Louis C. K.

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When you're doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do what's expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.

Dick Costolo

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The pitch should be very clear about what you are doing, why you are doing it, and why I should care. If you can cover those things quickly and precisely, it's easy for me to decide whether I want to spend more time with you or not.

Brad Feld

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I live the life of a farmer. I don't see how I could wear Lagerfeld's designs while feeding my goats. I have respect for Lagerfeld as a man, but I would have so much more for him if he, in turn, respected animals. We do not live in the same world.

Brigitte Bardot

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