Carol S. Dweck Quotes
No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.
Quotes to Explore
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I wanted to get some nose job, because I don't like how my nose tip looks. My hand is also not as pretty, especially my thumb nails. Many people told me that I have ugly hands.
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I'm feeling incredibly Botox-tempted as my face collapses around my shoulders.
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.
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One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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The idea to do the album only on keyboards kind of happened by accident. I was quite happy with the sound and felt it really didn't need more instruments, so I didn't use them.
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I think we have still to get to a place where we feel satisfied. We have this saying - 'In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king'. We are a little bit that way.
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We abandoned the appearance of power to preserve the essence of it.
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Oh my gravy!
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Assembled in a crowd, people lose their powers of reasoning and their capacity for moral choice.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as 'grace under pressure' - grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
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It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.
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Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics.
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If directors, actors and writers have the ability to drop their alpha-male egos, you will always get better work. In terms of my own demands, I actually want fewer lines. If I can lose a line and do it with my face, I'd rather do that.
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Being an artist is being at the service of yourself; I am at the service of other people.
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Romney is not funny. When he tries to be, it often comes across as awkward.
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When ordinary people decide to do extraordinary things they transform their lives and the lives of others around them.
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The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.
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I'm a full-blooded Mexican. My mother was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, and my father - the son of Mexican immigrants - was born near Fresno, California.
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I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them.
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The Shift is coming. The Shift has to be coming. Because if you keep living like this you'll die.
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No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.
