"The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to."

-- Daniel Day-Lewis

#Giving Quotes #Mind Quotes #Lazy Quotes

“Magical music never leaves the memory.”
“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when itâ€™s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.”

Source : Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.7, Random House
“I have been a huge fan of America, as I find their way of life there is pretty unique, and I have enjoyed a lot of good times over there.”
“Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell.”

Source : Renata Adler (1970). “Toward a radical middle: fourteen pieces of reporting and criticism”
“No is always a door-closing word; Yes is a door-opening word.”
“The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.”

Source : "Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, Caribbean Poet, Dies at 87". The Paris Review Interview, www.latimes.com. March 17, 2017.
“Racism does not limit itself to biology or economics or psychology or metaphysics; it attacks along many fronts and in many forms, deploying whatever is at hand, and even what is not, inventing when the need arises.”

Source : Albert Memmi (2000). “Racism”, p.78, U of Minnesota Press
“Insurgents throughout Iraq continue to threaten our efforts and pose a danger to stability in the region. They fight not for their country, but rather against ours.”

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