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Angela Duckworth Quotes

I do think that whatever ambition I may have had natively was amplified by my father's clear valuing of it. I knew that was what my dad really cared about.

Angela Duckworth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: psychologist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1970

Topics

Father Ambition Think Whatever May

Without the name, any flower is still more or less a stranger to you. The name betrays its family, its relationship to other flowers, and gives the mind something tangible to grasp. It is very difficult for persons who have had no special training to learn the names of the flowers from the botany.

John Burroughs

Family Flower Relationship Training

Animation is a great way to work. No early morning call times, no make-up chair. In live action, you're always fighting the clock; the sun is always going down too soon.

John C. Reilly

Work Live Morning Great Sun Action

I think of AI itself as a monster of capitalism.

Trevor Paglen

Capitalism Think Monster AI I Think

Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879.

Mary Augusta Ward

Son Children Born Two Daughters Our

Intervention continues to be a prominent dimension of the post-cold war world.

Mike Jackson

War World Intervention Dimension

Towards the end it got really rough. I take my hat of to Alice, he's still doing it. This is probably more work than going on the road for 2-3 months. I wish I was 25 again!

Michael Owen Bruce

Work Hat Road End Wish Doing

I think everything I do is my early work. I can't wait to get on to the later stuff.

Joseph Fiennes

Work Wait Think Early Everything

Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine.

Dick Gregory

Sick Medicine You Situation Race

Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they're also a total joy.

Ali Smith

Joy Tough Story Short You Know

I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.

Paul Weller

Politics Writing Sound Write Same

I don't think there's any more synesthetic medium than film.

Todd Haynes

Think More Film Than Medium Any

I've always wanted to appear in a 3-D Movie, that's always been a goal of mine. If you appear in a 3-D picture you are a shoo-in for an Oscar. There's no competition.

Nikki Cox

Competition Picture You Goal Always