Carol S. Dweck Quotes
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.
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I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers.
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But the working I would always want to do.
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.
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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
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I am actually a bit chubby, and I eat everything. I eat in a way - if my parents fed me the way I choose to eat as an adult, they would've lost custody.
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You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
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The Royal Society view is completely apolitical: it will judge anything based on the evidence. One of the big strengths of the Society is that is it widely perceived as impartial and above the fray. We'd like to make sure it stays that way.
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What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you have to create that arc in little pieces, and usually out of sequence.
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In general, I hate films that are overtly either very masculine or very feminine, you know? The same way that I don't like a war movie about soldiers smashing people's heads. But a chick flick I like would be Cassavetes' movies. 'A Woman Under the Influence,' 'Husbands.'
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Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
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We cannot disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretence of liberalism.
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I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.
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Social media, for me, is about interacting with people who follow my career. I don't think my relationship has anything to do with my career.
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My own nature hovers between neurotic and paranoid. I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.
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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
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Going to war is a serious matter. And it should be done very carefully and deliberately with clear national interests at stake before the United States or our Commander-in-Chief acts.
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It is not always people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.
