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?
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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.
Mahatma Gandhi
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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.
Adam Mansbach
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
Sallust
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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.
Karen Abbott
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Chipotles, which are dried jalapeno peppers, give out a terrific smoky flavour - they're warm, earthy and usually not too spicy.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
Viktor Orban
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There are no words to describe my feelings for Errol Flynn.
Olivia De Havilland
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Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt.
Carlene Carter
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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.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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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.
Yaya Toure
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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.
Pamela Sargent
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When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.
Natalie Gulbis
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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.
Walt Whitman
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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.
Zadie Smith
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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.
Oprah Winfrey
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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.
Karen Salmansohn
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When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
Sacha Guitry
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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.
Queen Latifah
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You eat when you're hungry, and I'm not normally hungry in the mornings.
Eric Bristow
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I think St. Jude helped me achieve some miracles in my life - that's why I wear the medallion in my left ear and never take it out.
Aaron Neville
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I believe in the salvation of humanity, in the future of cyanide...
Emil Cioran
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From that moment on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again.
Betty Smith
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I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know.
Marion Milner
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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?
Carol S. Dweck