Carol S. Dweck Quotes
What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?
Quotes to Explore
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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As a kid, I liked to write, but I didn't think that was a viable career choice. My dream, actually, was to be a white girl rapper and join Salt-N-Pepa - which obviously was a much more viable career choice.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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There are no words to describe my feelings for Errol Flynn.
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Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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Akhenaten's allegedly monotheistic worship of Aten and the more naturalistic art produced during his reign, a revolutionary break from the more formal art of earlier periods, have made him a sympathetic figure to many.
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When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.
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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.
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All my books are made up of other books. They're all deeply structured on other fiction, because I was a student in fiction and I didn't have much actual living to draw on. I suspect a lot of other people's novels are like that, too, though they might be slower to talk about it.
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You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.
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Since I began my practice of Forgiveness Therapy, it's now instinctual for me to choose to eat like I love myself - instead of eating like I wanted to punish myself. Plus I've not only lost weight, I've lost the anger and anxiety I was feeling, and so I feel happier and calmer within.
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When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
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I enjoy going to work and having a good time. It's tough when you got to work with people who just are in a bad mood all the damn time.
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I have these long nails, but I literally do nothing to them! The thought of filing my nails drives me insane.
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Because contemporary paganism is essentially so new, its underlying ethical structure is not particularly sophisticated.
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Today's brains are yesterday's mashed potatoes.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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The dark today leads into light tomorrow. There is no endless joy, and yet no endless sorrow.
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Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable. It would be a mistake to say that happiness necessarily springs from the absurd discovery. It happens as well that the felling of the absurd springs from happiness. "I conclude that all is well," says Oedipus, and that remark is sacred. It echoes in the wild and limited universe of man. It teaches that all is not, has not been, exhausted. It drives out of this world a god who had come into it with dissatisfaction and a preference for futile suffering. It makes of fate a human matter, which must be settled among men.
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What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?
