"Step one is to take ownership of figuring strengths ans weaknesses out. It starts with writing them down but, to take ownership, you have got to seek feedback of those who directly observe you - this is scary and uncomfortable for many people. It's no fun to hear negative feedback and most people don't want to stick their necks out to give it to you. So, you have to ask."

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Robert S. Kaplan

#Fun Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“I would slay dragons for you,â€ he told her. â€œI suspect that finding an unoccupied bedroom will be easier.”
“True humanity consists not in a squeamish ear; it consists not in starting or shrinking at tales of misery, but in a disposition of heart to relieve it. True humanity appertains rather to the mind than to the nerves, and prompts men to use real and active endeavors to execute the actions which it suggests.”
“I don't think anybody planned for me to be an actor. I didn't. I didn't know this was what I was going to do.”
“I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“All the homeschooling parents I know meet on a regular basis with other families. They organize field trips, cooking classes, reading clubs and Scout troops. Their children tend to be happy, confident and socially engaged.”

Source : "The Year of Learning Dangerously: Adventures in Homeschooling". Book by Quinn Cummings, 2012.
“..when a war ends, what does that look like exactly? do the cells in the body stop detonating themselves? does the orphanage stop screaming for its mother? when the sand in the desert has been melted down to glass and our reflection is not something we can stand to look at does the white flag make for a perfect blindfold? yesterday i was told a story about this little girl in Iraq, six-years-old, who cannot fall asleep because when she does she dreams of nothing but the day she watched her dog eat her neighbor's corpse. if you told her war is over do you think she can sleep?”
“I'm a Christian. I was born and raised a Catholic. But I think there are people that are frauds that are ministers.”
“I would never be popular. I didn't want to be; I liked being shy. I'd never be the smartest or the hottest or the happiest. By eighth grade you start to figure out your limits.”

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