"And in most highly academic environments in the United States, no one fails anything."

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Source : Paul Tough (2012). “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character”, p.86, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Paul Tough

#United States Quotes #Environment Quotes #Failing Quotes

“We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.”
“When reality television really hit, I just had a backlash towards reality. It seemed like a cheap way to make a product. And then when music reality and 'Idol hit,' I just didn't watch it, it seemed novelty. And of course the story of 'Idol,' this is one of the greatest stories in television history.”
“Write what makes you laugh not what you think will make someone else laugh.”
“The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them”
“I'm an indestructible master of war.”

Source : "Song: 'Indestructible'". 2008.
“Psychoanalysis is a terribly efficient instrument, and because it is more and more a prestigious instrument, we run the risk of using it with a purpose for which it was not made for, and in this way we may degrade it.”
“What, what am I to do with all of this life?”
“Islam is a way of life which opens the heart to the meaning of existence. Thus any increase of outward splendor is usually a sign of a decrease in inward illumination”

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