Carol S. Dweck Quotes

You can't just declare that you have a growth mindset. Growth mindset is hard.

Carol S. Dweck

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GrowthMindsetYouHardJust

My life is pretty ordinary in so many ways. I live in a town called Plainville. I have the life of an average dad. It feels like I have this secret identity as an author, and it's still very surreal to me.

Jeff Kinney

LifeLiveIdentityMeMy LifeStill

I don't want plastic surgery or fillers or Botox.

Sofia Vergara

WantPlasticPlastic SurgeryBotox

No taxation without respiration.

Tom Feeney

WithoutTaxationRespiration

I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, 'Why is my own church, my own community, rejecting me because of my sexuality?'

Roger Ross Williams

LifeMusicCommunityMyselfMeWhy

My dad is an attorney. I've always been interested in it. My sons are probably going to law school.

Rob Lowe

SchoolLawAlwaysGoingLaw School

Erosion of faith and trust in government - that is the real problem that confronts us.

Rodrigo Duterte

FaithTrustGovernmentProblemReal

One of the reasons I got into acting to begin with is that I was trying to figure out how life worked. It was interesting to me to try and follow how other people, real or imaginary, would deal with problems, because I was trying to deal with my own problems.

Michael Shannon

LifePeopleMeProblemsInteresting

If you're a lay person listening to jazz, you don't necessarily understand everything that's happening within the form. But you get the sense of it, the feel of it, because you're getting to hear something that develops right in front of your face.

Jason Moran

ListeningFaceFeelYouPersonJazz

The Gospels record that nearly everywhere the Savior went, He was surrounded by multitudes of people. Some hoped that He would heal them; others came to hear Him speak. Others came for practical advice. Toward the end of His mortal ministry, some came to mock and ridicule Him and to clamor for His crucifixion.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

PeopleSpeakEndAdviceOthersHim

I think every relationship has a point where you stop and reevaluate. Are you happy? Have you grown together or apart? What do you share interests in? I think that's a normal thing to do, but it's so much harder when it's done publicly.

Courteney Cox

RelationshipTogetherHappyThink

I've been obsessed with demons since reading 'The Elfstones of Shannara' and 'Master of the Five Magics' by Lyndon Hardy.

Peter V. Brett

ReadingDemonsMasterFiveBeen

Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost?

Paulo Coelho

DogThinkHurtAskDogsCritics

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