Angela Duckworth Quotes
I believe kids should choose what they want to do, because it's their life, but they have to choose something, and they can't quit in the middle unless there's a really good reason. There are going to be peaks and valleys. You don't want to let kids quit during a valley.
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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and to get everybody on the same page - was accomplished by the sheer force of Dave Petraeus' will.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
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Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
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If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.
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There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.
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Dad was certainly a free spirit and had his own ways. He was very proud of my golf achievements but more proud of the person I've turned into. He brought me up to lead a very balanced life.
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My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts – some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it.
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I personally love J.Lo because she's a fashion icon and I love her music.
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I believe kids should choose what they want to do, because it's their life, but they have to choose something, and they can't quit in the middle unless there's a really good reason. There are going to be peaks and valleys. You don't want to let kids quit during a valley.
