Adam Grant Quotes
In college, my idea of a productive day was to start writing at 7 A.M. and not leave my chair until dinnertime.

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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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Catholics and evangelicals need to remain allied, and in solidarity, against the increasingly aggressive secularism of our age.
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Working with Angela Bassett is by far the best. I've watched and admired her for years. I'm very intrigued by her work. She's so cool. I still call her 'Mom' when I see her.
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When you're babysitting a kid, all you're seeing is a version of them, a small dosage.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.
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Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
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I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
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I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
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I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!
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I loved statistics from a young age. And I studied very much in Sweden. I used to be in the upper quarter of all courses I attended. But in St. John's, I was in the lower quarter. And the fact was that Indian students studied harder than we did in Sweden. They read the textbook twice, or three times or four times.
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People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear.
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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In science, as in business, there must be structures that ensure the well endowed do not use their position to block competition.
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A gang is the same as a wolf pack; gang members do not use their energies in friendship with one another, for they do not know what friendship is. If they are united, it is by the common bond of a desire to attack their world.
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When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.
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Because of my own insecurities about the way I look, I do sometimes sabotage the looks of my characters by making them as homely as possible. I've never done a glamour part. I'd like to some day, though I don't know if I could pull it off.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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In college, my idea of a productive day was to start writing at 7 A.M. and not leave my chair until dinnertime.