Carol S. Dweck Quotes

With a growth mindset, kids don't necessarily think that there's no such thing as talent or that everyone is the same, but they believe everyone can develop their abilities through hard work, strategies, and lots of help and mentoring from others.

Carol S. Dweck

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WorkHard WorkGrowthTalentBelieve

I couldn't wait to be an adult woman, and I'm glad I felt that way as a kid because, when I grew up, I realised I live in a world where the female form is really disrespected, and society is often trying to wrestle the female form into a shape that looks more like a young boy.

Jenny Slate

LiveWomanWaitWorldSocietyYoung

When you start learning how to give when you're young, when you get older it is second nature. Just like stealing. Start young and you keep on stealing forever. Ask my politicians.

Mechai Viravaidya

NatureLearningStartYouYoungAsk

I think artists are always investigating how to have an economic, political platform. At one time, artists were supported by the Church. Then they were supported also by the state.

Jeff Koons

TimeThinkChurchPoliticalAlways

Conversely, beware the man who does nothing but ask you questions about yourself and offers no information about himself. Not only is he keeping you at bay, he is probably not listening to your answers.

Merrill Markoe

ManYourselfListeningQuestionsYou

I have never hesitated to work hard and always try and give my best in whatever I am doing.

Amruta Khanvilkar

WorkBestI AmWork HardDoingTry

I could happily lean on a gate all the livelong day, chatting to passers-by about the wind and the rain. I do a lot of gate-leaning while I am supposed to be gardening; instead of hoeing, I lean on the gate, stare at the vegetable beds and ponder.

Tom Hodgkinson

RainDayGardeningI AmWindGate

Art is giving to what you create a soul.

Rithy Panh

ArtSoulGivingYouCreate

There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections.

Joseph de Maistre

ArtPhilosophyWithoutIgnoring

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.

Jorge Luis Borges

LiveTruthMenTruth IsDeepDown

I decided very early on that it took too much of my energy to pretend to be someone else. People will make up their minds about me whatever I do or say, but at least I know I am being true to myself.

Drew Barrymore

MyselfI AmPeopleMeEnergyEarly

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?

William Lloyd Garrison

OpinionWrongRightRight And Wrong

If you want to do a female version of 'The Expendables,' I'll be in that one.

Pierce Brosnan

YouWantVersionFemale

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