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I chose to pursue a career in physics because there the truth isn't so easily bent. ”
IT companies in Bangalore are a reliable engine of development for India. ”
It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment. ”
The Republican party is not perfect, but if you put this party's record of achievements on one side of a balance scale and the Democrat's record on the other, the Republican side would slam the table. ”
I think we've all worked with that person at the office who takes themselves and their job so seriously. ”
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. ”
I worked hard when I was a consultant. I worked hard when I was in graduate school looking at neuroscience. I worked hard as a teacher. But those are completely different career paths. And the lack of direction is why I didn't get far enough in any of those things. ”
Most teachers, when surveyed, say that it is part of their job to help students develop things like grit. This is especially true at the elementary and middle school levels. They feel it's part of their vocation to teach other things that are not formally academic content. ”
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. ”
I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career. ”