Angela Duckworth Quotes
My dad was not super-intentional in his parenting. He was very self-absorbed. I won't say mean or selfish per se, but very self-absorbed. I think he was just thinking out loud.Angela Duckworth
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
Karan Mahajan -
Stars arrive on their own timetable.
Cameron Crowe -
What Washington needs is adult supervision.
Barack Obama -
I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.
Olivier Theyskens -
Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
Van Morrison -
The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
Harold Wilson
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
Kat Dennings -
I remember clearly, when I was about 4, my Aunt Linda said, 'I'm not babysitting him no more. He's bad.' It was one of the first conscious shifts I remember making. I decided, 'I'm going to be good now.'
Mahershala Ali -
Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
In my ideal world there would be 99% unemployment for actors, and I would be the 1% that's employed. I hear about somebody getting a job at Starbucks and I get jealous.
Hamish Linklater -
I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
Jack Ma -
I've always been blessed with confidence. I am a glass-half-full person. My first movie, 'Private Benjamin,' got turned down by every studio until the very last one, but I just kept thinking, 'Why are you people not seeing that this is a hit movie? What is wrong with you?'
Nancy Meyers
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
Beanie Sigel -
It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
Pablo Picasso -
I come with bad genetics, personally.
J. B. Pritzker -
I love to see my family together. That's what life is about. It's about family.
Ja Rule -
I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have a single person who is basically the key person in that area.
Warren Christopher -
I vividly remember Charles Bronson's face in 'Chino.' The western genre is screaming for a face like that.
Mads Mikkelsen
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Pity! Religion has so seldom found A skilful guide into poetic ground! The flowers would spring where'er she deign'd to stray And every muse attend her in her way.
William Cowper -
The reason women don't vote for Republicans is not that they haven't had the impact of Republican policies spelled out in simple enough terms for them. It's because they understand Republican policies perfectly well. Women vote against Republicans because they know the impact Republican policies have on their lives.
Renee Ellmers -
With one man, there was a freedom and liberation. That was with Michael Hutchence, my partner in life
Kylie Minogue -
I like that about human nature, that people are always striving to do better, and find something new.
Mark Hoppus Blink-182 -
My dad was not super-intentional in his parenting. He was very self-absorbed. I won't say mean or selfish per se, but very self-absorbed. I think he was just thinking out loud.
Angela Duckworth