Angela Duckworth Quotes

The most important thing parents can do, although it's not the only thing they should do, is model the behavior they want from their kids.

Angela Duckworth

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ParentsBehaviorImportantWantKids

Nobody smolders in real life.

Joe Gilgun

LifeNobodyRealReal Life

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

ManWillBecauseCannotHeSays

If I wanted to do the same thing every day, I would have gone into a different profession.

Maya Hawke

DayEvery DaySameGoneDifferent

The destination is a happy life, an accomplished life that doesn't end with death but with eternal life.

Angelo Scola

LifeDeathHappyDestinationEnd

I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just don't understand that world. But I think I do understand individual human harmfulness.

Sophie Hannah

WorldThinkUnderstandNeverMafia

Democracy, as has been said of Christianity, has never really been tried.

Stuart Chase

DemocracySaidNeverBeenTried

I grew up in Los Angeles. I watched lots of television; I still watch lots of television.

Martine Syms

TelevisionLos AngelesUpWatchLots

The idea of standing five feet away from Norah Jones and listening to her sing Neil Young's 'Down By The River' was just phenomenal. I compare that to what my kids know of at a concert, which is sitting in a stadium and watching a huge screen.

Mick Foley

RiverListeningFeetDownYoung

I don't think a powerful man would be interesting unless he'd be nice, attractive, with or without the power. Men are interested in powerful men. Women are interested in terrific men!

Dorothy Stratten

WomenPowerMenManDatingThink

The U.S. intelligence community is in a very poor position to be trusted with protecting civil liberties while engaging in intelligence work.

Chelsea Manning

WorkCommunityIntelligencePoor

I think I'm a global citizen. My parents came from China, were educated in France and emigrated to the United States. And I think that opened up my mind to be able to live and work anywhere.

Anna Sui

WorkLiveParentsMindThinkChina

I love Sutton House in Clapton, a beautiful example of Tudor architecture.

Sharon Horgan

LoveBeautifulArchitectureHouse

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