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When people think of the word 'drive,' they often think you have it or you don't, and that's where we're wrong. Drive is something that can be encouraged by a wonderful teacher, by a terrific classroom environment, by an awesome soccer team that you are on, and it can be squashed as well.
— Angela Duckworth
Tags: drive, people, you, teacher

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If you are a young person who is wanting to develop a passion, you cannot expect anyone else to tell you what that passion would be.
— Angela Duckworth
Tags: who, person, passion, you
The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
— Angela Duckworth
Tags: i-think, values, think, words
Really, what matters in the long run is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them.
— Angela Duckworth
Tags: things, better, long, daily
There are no shortcuts to true excellence.
— Angela Duckworth
Tags: true, excellence
Boredom is a very self-conscious emotion by definition. Interest is not. So you can actually be completely absorbed in something and, at certain points in your development, not even realize that you're into it.
— Angela Duckworth
Tags: emotion, boredom, your, you
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