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Angela Duckworth Quotes

If the quality and quantity of continuous effort toward goals matters as much as I think it does, we may actually get more productive, not less, as we get older - even if we can't pull all-nighters like we used to.

Angela Duckworth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: psychologist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1970

Topics

Goals Quality Effort Think Matters

There's a magical energy and power from the ocean. I was born in a room overlooking the sea, in the middle of a storm. Perhaps, then, it's not surprising that shores touch my soul. Science might disagree, but I think there's a difference in the air on a coast - the positive ions, perhaps.

Jo Beverley

Positive Sea Power Science Ocean

As a young writer, I learned a lot about grammatical structure from reading plays, from performing the plays. I think that was a wonderful apprenticeship.

Jennifer Haigh

Reading Think Young Structure Writer

Writing is just always hard for me. It always feels like drawing blood. It's never particularly easy.

Jenny Han

Me Writing Drawing Easy Blood Never

Look at Neil Diamond. Was he the cool guy? No, he was the housewives' guy. He didn't try to be what he wasn't. He just did what he did - made great music, was a good entertainer, nice-enough guy.

Michael Buble

Good Music Great Cool Look Try

The greatest advancements in living standards over the past century have been coincident with affordable energy.

John S. Watson

Past Energy Living Over Standards

If I know I have to memorize lines, I'm really gonna try to memorize lines. It's hard for me sometimes, because somebody wrote these words and you're trying really hard to get them the way they said it.

Amy Sedaris

Words Me Trying You Know Sometimes

My Uncle, of course, would have been pleased to see someone with brown skin holding the office of president.

Alveda King

Someone Uncle Skin Office See Been

I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.

Robert Carlyle

Hollywood Whole Just Like Thing

You know, there are only about 10 people in the United States that have ever argued 25 cases before the Supreme Court, this man has won 25 cases before the Supreme Court. He's an overwhelming choice.

Rod Parsley

Man People You Choice Know United

Certainly there's got to be a little bit of reality show fatigue happening.

Josh Schwartz

Reality Little Got Show Fatigue Bit

Since the beginning of time, we have expected our leaders to be supermen, unlike mere mortals. We want them to be much greater than us so that we can look up to them.

Jonathan Powell

Time Beginning Look Want Up Us

I try to stay away, but In-N-Out, you just can't compare it. It's the best. It's the best. It's healthy fast food; they do their own meat and their own salad.

Dirk Nowitzki

Food Best You Fast Healthy Salad