Angela Duckworth Quotes
Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let's get to work on them.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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Prison has humbled me in a lot of ways, because when you go to prison, I became 11 R 2024 you know, I wasn't Ja Rule the superstar. I wasn't any of that. I was just a regular inmate.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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Fall of the Berlin wall? Being there was fun. Nations that flaked off of the Soviet Union in southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus? Being there was not so fun.
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I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.
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I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports.
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There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.
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A race preserves its vigour so long as it harbours a real contrast between what has been and what may be, and so long as it is nerved by the vigour to adventure beyond the safeties of the past. Without adventure, civilization is in full decay.
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I never entertained the dreadful thought that my face was anything other than good and fair until, in an act of revelation, I picked up a mirror.
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I don't want to be just another blade of grass.
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I think the best rappers practice concept albums in their work.
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For you in the West to hear the phrase 'All men are created equal' is to draw a yawn. For us, it's a miracle. We're starting out at rock bottom, man. But South Africa does have soul.
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Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let's get to work on them.
