Angela Duckworth Quotes
I define talent as the rate at which you get better at something when you try. To be very talented means you get better faster and more easily than other people or other things that you try.
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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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I have a tendency, just because I'm an ambitious person, to get impatient with things and want them to be moving faster then they are.
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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You really only understand whether a song's good or not when you properly play it out in public for the first time.
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Do I realy regret that night? That one moment of joy beyond compare – some people never experience it in a lifetime. But the downside to that taste of pure happiness is that,like a drug, a glimmer of paradise, it leaves you craving more.
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Play becomes a distraction, something you don't really need to do. It's not for serious people. They work hard, they don't play hard. Yes, you can say play hard, but that really means, keep working hard, right?
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I define talent as the rate at which you get better at something when you try. To be very talented means you get better faster and more easily than other people or other things that you try.
