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- Nov 07, 2020
People Quotes
Quotes about people, privacy, and human nature.
This page collects quotes touching on people in different senses - novelists describing how characters take on independent vitality, and technologists warning how easily people's movements and data can be tracked. It's a broader mix than a single theme, much like Like Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
- Able
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being gritty doesn't mean not showing pain or pretending everything is O.K. In fact, when you look at healthy and successful and giving people, they are extraordinarily meta-cognitive. They're able to say things like, 'Dude, I totally lost my temper this morning.' That ability to reflect on yourself is signature to grit.
- Humble
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do feel it's hard to be modest and humble and egoless when people are telling you you are so great and wanting to give you prizes and energy. I'm trying hard not to be an awful, narcissistic human being.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people tell me I can't do something, I have a visceral reflex to say, 'Yes, I can.'
- Perseverance
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we reliably find is that people's perseverance scores are actually higher than their passion scores, and I think it really does get to the fact that working hard is hard, but maybe finding your passion is even more difficult.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing that's true of gritty people is they love what they do, and they keep loving what they do. So they're not just in love for a day or a week. People who are really gritty - they're still interested.
- Keep Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people who are really, enduringly interested in something eventually find that it's important, too - and important to other people. Very few people can keep going their whole life doing something and feel like it's merely personally fascinating.
- Four-Year
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know a lot of CEOs who are looking for three- to four-year varsity athletes - not necessarily because these people are going to be doing pushups or spiking volleyballs in the workplace, but because they're looking for that continuity, that person who was gritty about something.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why do some people try, try again, and why do some people not? That's what I'm after.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people prefer a world where we're all equally talented in everything. Whether you prefer that world or not, I don't think that world exists.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think that every child in America is going to necessarily aspire to, you know, a four-year degree from a liberal arts college or a certain kind of life. I think that people should learn to be excellent in the thing that they choose to do.
- Performance
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- Nov 07, 2020