- Gathered
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- Nov 07, 2020
Better Quotes
On growth, progress and making things better.
These quotes range from finishing a piece of writing that finally feels worth sharing to teamwork producing stronger results than working alone, with a side note on technology's uneven effect on security. For more, see our Growth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who cares if somebody dances better? Doing my very best is rewarding internally.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have great running technique, but I like to run. I've heard from countless people that the last six miles of the marathon is all mental. But what better city to have this in than New York City where there are millions of people there supporting you?
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't the most confident of cooks, but I just persevered, and I wanted to learn, and I wanted to be a sponge, and I wanted to be better than the next person, and I wanted to learn as much as I could, so I just kept pushing, and it took me a long time actually to be confident in my technique and my ability as a cook.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still worry that I could be better. That's where standards come from, from not wanting to settle. The fear of not being good enough propels you.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a growing scientific consensus that animals have emotions and feel pain. This awareness is going to effect change: better treatment of animals in agribusiness, research and our general interaction with them. It will change the way we eat, live and preserve the planet.
- Better Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a very femme gay boy, so what better way to express that than through drag? It truly is the greatest mix of art forms.
- Nov 07, 2020
The harder you work, the less mistakes you make. The fewer mistakes you make, the better your chances of winning.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know a lot of people fear the rougher types who might be at a state school, but surely it is better to know who they are and how to deal with them than for that kind of child to appear as a completely different species to yours.
- Embark
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- Nov 07, 2020
The lack of livelihood opportunities in refugee camps pushes many people to embark on dangerous journeys in the quest for a better life.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Improving SME productivity translates into more and better paying jobs, distributed across less fortunate sections of the economy.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
Companies that operate across borders have the expertise SMEs need. Who better to help smallholder farmers navigate complex sustainability standards than the companies who demand - or set - them?
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Africans don't just need more jobs: they need better jobs.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, with every kind of creature and every kind of human, there is no better. We're all just mutations, and I think that each mutation should be celebrated.
- Producer
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- Nov 07, 2020