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Carol S. Dweck Quotes

When you have a limited theory of willpower, you're constantly on alert, constantly monitoring yourself. 'Am I tired? Am I hungry? Do I need a break? How am I feeling?' And at the first sign that something is flagging, you think, 'I need a rest or a boost.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: american
Birth: October 17, 1946

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Yourself Tired Rest Think You Need

From the age of 8, I was running media campaigns on global issues back home in Australia. I was ever so slightly precocious. I would meet with senior Australian government officials, including the prime minister and foreign minister, proposing various solutions to third-world debt and malnutrition.

Home Age Government Media Back Meet

I went to a little liberal-arts college in Missouri called Truman State University.

College University Little Missouri

I was a telemarketer for exactly one week in 2005. I could not take 'no' one more time. I could not take the rejection.

Time Rejection Week More Take Could

I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.

Time Day Confident Better Feel More

Childhood bullying was a big part of my life.

Life Childhood Bullying My Life Big

We were never happy with the way cello was recorded, and we wanted to experiment in the studio to make the cello rock as much as possible. On the second album, we had great help from Bob Ezrin, who helped us develop our sound even more.

Great Happy Help Rock Way Possible

One funny thing is, though, I wear my watch on my right hand and I'm actually right-handed. People always wonder why - I don't know myself, I've just always done it that way and I like it the way a good watch fits on my right wrist.

Funny Good Myself People Wonder Why

In a way, you might say that David Duke is the son of Willie Horton. Duke is more overt, of course, but he's really just pushing the same buttons and sending the same coded messages that the Horton ads did so effectively for the Bush campaign last year.

Son Year You Say Way More

I think early in my development as a quarterback, before I ever got a Division I college offer or anything, my brother was in the spotlight, first-round draft pick. People expected me to be him, but I was underdeveloped, undersized, unrecruited... so it was tough at that point.

Brother People College Me Think

As legal residents, immigrants would contribute more in taxes, spend more at our businesses, start companies of their own and create more jobs. Immigration is not a problem for us to solve but an opportunity for America to seize.

Opportunity Start Legal Problem

I'm super into sneakers! I'm totally addicted. Just from playing ball all the time. I was always looking for the freshest kicks on the court.

Time Looking Sneakers Always Playing

We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what's happening. We have to talk to them, maybe in certain areas, closing that Internet up in some way. Somebody will say, 'Oh, freedom of speech, freedom of speech.' These are foolish people. We have a lot of foolish people.

Freedom People Internet Speech Go

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