"Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard."

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Carol S. Dweck

#Growth Quotes #Wow Quotes #Score Quotes

“Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest, living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment.”
“I feel like I'm a New Yorker to the bone. But there is a lot of the South in me. I know there is a lot of the South in my mannerisms. There's a lot of the South in my expectations of other people and how people treat each other. There's a lot of the South in the way I speak, but it could never be home.”
“Your earthly lover can be charming and coquettish but never very faithful. The true lover is the one who on your final day opens a thousand doors.”
“I confess to considerable doubts about the eventual stability of democracy, unless buttressed by constitutional safeguards and a general climate of opinion which thoroughly understands the case for liberty in general”
“All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear - are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.”

Source : Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.61, New World Library
“Sometimes I think if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the corn.”
“Well, to aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible, easily.”
“I started designing the greenest the most connected home before the iPhone and the iPad.”

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