Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance
of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves.
Amy Chua
I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old.
Winona Ryder
Ryan Leaf is doing great now. If he progresses the way he is now, we're going to have a quarterback that's going to be reckoned with in the near future. And that's not political.
Junior Seau
The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done... you lose valuable time planning what you can and will do.
Lil Wayne
'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.
John Hawkes
Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.
Meryl Streep
A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
Elbert Hubbard
You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
Ian Dunbar
The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer.
Julia Leigh
Amy Chua
I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old.
Winona Ryder
Ryan Leaf is doing great now. If he progresses the way he is now, we're going to have a quarterback that's going to be reckoned with in the near future. And that's not political.
Junior Seau
The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done... you lose valuable time planning what you can and will do.
Lil Wayne
'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.
John Hawkes
Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.
Meryl Streep
A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
Elbert Hubbard
You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
Ian Dunbar
The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer.
Julia Leigh