"GRIT is Guts, Resilience, Industriousness and Tenacity. GRIT is the ability to focus, stay determined, stay optimistic in the face of a challenge, and simply work harder than the next guy or gal."

-- Linda Kaplan Thaler

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“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, and the right to make that of another miserable by thrusting upon him an incalculable quantity of acquaintances; liberty, particularly the liberty to introduce persons to one another without first ascertaining if they are not already acquainted as enemies; and the pursuit of another's happiness with a running pack of strangers.”

Source : Declaration of Sentiments, First Woman's Rights
“Never before have humans been so ambitious, have they thought that they could be much more than their parents were.”
“Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do.”
“Taller people tend to earn more on average, although the effect is modest. This is clearly true in occupations where strength is important but also a relationship exists in other occupations as well. It could be perceptions, as you say or something systematic. It's somewhat of a mystery.”
“The thing about improvisation is that it's not about what you say. It's listening to what other people say. It's about what you hear.”
“All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.”
“It's a big change for a country boy like me, to be in the limelight in New York City. It was most definitely a tough adjustment.”
“In America, there's this type of expectation of just-add-water celebrity, this type of, "Of course you found me; we're all going to be famous for 15 minutes," sort of Paris-Hilton-ization of society.”

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