"Very gifted people, they win and they win, and they are told that they win because they are a winner. That seems like a positive thing to tell children, but ultimately, what that means is when they lose, it must make them a loser."

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Source : "'Art of Learning' isn't just black and white". Interview with Tracey Wong Briggs, usatoday30.usatoday.com. July 17, 2007.

Joshua Waitzkin

#Children Quotes #Mean Quotes #Winning Quotes

“No matter your age, stage of life, or circumstances, don't forget to dare to dream with God. You don't have to figure anything out. Just keep saying yes to Him, in big ways and small, and watch what He does.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Apr 06, 2016
“Or might the soul clone itself, create a perfect imitation of something yet to be defined? In this way, can a reflection be altered?”
“I love being in an arena that has like 10,000 people and huge crowds. I want to do a show at like the Viper room so badly. Like go up on stage and thrash myself around, go jump into the crowd. You can effing swear, get drunk on stage and do whatever you want basically.”
“It's unlikely that machines would spontaneously decide they didn't like people, or that they had goals in opposition to those of human beings.”
“I wasn't this nervous playing golf when I was drinking. It's the first tournament I've won on the PGA Tour in a sober manner, so it's a great feeling knowing I can do it sober. I don't think two years ago I could have pulled this off.”
“New York is obviously the capital of theater.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“Spouses have each other, and even when one eventually dies, they have memories of a time when they existed before that other person and can more readily imagine a life without them. Likewise, parents may have other children to be concerned with--a future to protect for them. To lose a sibling is to lose the one person with whom one shares a lifelong bond that is meant to continue on into the future.”

Source : John Corey Whaley (2012). “Where Things Come Back”, p.175, Simon and Schuster
“The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.”

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