#stan

We've observed that people who stall in their personal growth work often have counterproductive soft addictions that stand in their way of growth and having the life they say they want. It can be a simple thing, such as watching TV instead of finishing a project. ↗

— Judith Wright

#counterproductive #finishing #growth #having #instead

If you can help other people understand those truths - and in my mind, the only way I know to do that is with large scale, multi-year research projects, where you start with a question and then very rigorously and comprehensively answer that question. ↗

— James Collins

#help #i #know #large #large scale

The answer I have is, you know, there a lot of things you can try to build to last. And what we try to do in our work is to come up with ideas that will last. Ideas that will stand the test of time. ↗

— James Collins

#build #come #i #ideas #know

It's really important to stand up for yourself and not always agree with what people say if indeed you don't feel that that's true. ↗

— Lily Collins

#always #feel #important #indeed #people

I grew up understanding the pros and cons of what you're getting into and knowing what comes with your job. I like to keep my private life private, and then work is work. I feel so far I've had a really good balance with that. ↗

— Lily Collins

#comes #cons #far #feel #getting

I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend. ↗

— Lily Collins

#girl #girlfriend #i #just #real

I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning from without. ↗

— Anna Julia Cooper

#any #constantly #felt #girl #i

I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. ↗

— Anderson Cooper

#become #begin #being #careful #expect

Agnosticism has nothing to impart. Its sermons are the exhortations of one who convinces you he stands on nothing and urges you to stand there too. ↗

— Anna Julia Cooper

#convinces #exhortations #impart #nothing #sermons

I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience; what things are funny and not. ↗

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

#audience #comedy #comes #doing #experience