Angela Duckworth Quotes
Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom. Grittier soldiers are more likely to complete their training, and grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. The more challenging the domain, the more grit seems to matter.Angela Duckworth
Quotes to Explore
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
Fat Joe -
It's time for some common sense from federal agencies.
Sam Graves -
Nobody has said to men, 'It is OK if you want to be a full-time dad; find a woman who will support you.'
Warren Farrell -
I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
Zack Greinke -
I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
Carlos Ponce -
My mother, as a girl, had remembered this woman from Maine, someone who was part of the extended family somehow, and I recall her talking about this great, risk-taking woman. There are the most amazing, heroic stories in everybody's lives.
Patricia MacLachlan
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore -
The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.
Gail Godwin -
You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.
Zig Ziglar -
The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
R. A. Salvatore -
I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
Carl Barks -
Don't be afraid to look silly.
Tara Strong
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I would never wear anything too revealing. I'm not a fan of dresses where you look nude... I think that looks a bit desperate.
Naomie Harris -
Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
Dale Dauten -
In India, you see the way they embrace color in the culture - it's very celebratory of the existence of color. There's no rule of what color belongs together or doesn't belong together. They're not precious about it. It's very full-on.
M.I.A. -
In the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work - that's more important than the money.
T. R. Knight -
If your dream is to tell stories, interesting stories, play interesting people, that's the bottom line. The people that I play have to be extraordinary.
Eddie Redmayne -
My challenge is to find a beautiful balance: to make women beautiful, to make a woman dream to wear a beautiful outfit.
Raf Simons
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I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football.
Harmon Killebrew -
Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict.
Wayne Allard -
Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.
Conrad Hall -
When I'm not training day in and day out I love to go out and dance, even though it is potentially in my contract that I'm not allowed to do that.
Taylor Phinney -
If you think of this world as a place intended simply for our happiness, you find it quite intolerable: think of it as a place of training and correction and it's not so bad.
C. S. Lewis -
Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom. Grittier soldiers are more likely to complete their training, and grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. The more challenging the domain, the more grit seems to matter.
Angela Duckworth