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The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things that kids care about, where they excel, where they try hard, where they learn important life lessons, that are not picked up by test scores.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: About Achievement Being Care Excel Focus Hard Important Just Kids Learn Lessons Life Life Lessons Many Picked Ridiculous Right Scores Standardized Synonymous Teenagers Test Test Scores Things Thinking Try Up Where

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During all my undergrad years and in high school, I was involved in tutoring and public service. At Harvard, I spent over 35 hours a week doing service. I was a Big Sister, I worked for the homeless, the elderly; it was the epicenter of my focus.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Big Doing Elderly Focus Harvard High High School Homeless Hours Involved Over Public Public Service School Service Sister Spent Week Worked Years

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I'm focusing on cultivating my land. I have vegetables and fruit trees; I want to get some chickens and solar and really get off the grid and focus on just, really, being a mother.

~Angela Lindvall

Topics: Being Chickens Cultivating Focus Focusing Fruit Get Grid Just Land Mother Off Really Solar Some Trees Vegetables Want

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Thus, the focus on this main political goal must become more visible in EU politics and to achieve this, we need a political impulse. It must be clear what the priorities on the agenda are.

~Angela Merkel

Topics: Achieve Agenda Become Clear Eu Focus Goal Impulse Main More Must Need Political Politics Priorities Thus Visible

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The moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus.

~Angelina Jolie

Topics: Always Another Being Changes Child Come Dedicated First Focus Forever Gives Human Human Being Instant Life Moment Nice Percent Perspective Purpose Will You Your

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I'm a very private person. I don't go out much. I'm home with kids. I go to work. I don't really like being the focus of attention, which is why I like being behind the camera more.

~Angelina Jolie

Topics: Attention Behind Being Camera Focus Go Home Kids Like More Much Out Person Private Private Person Really Very Which Why Work

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Sexism is part of every industry and must be addressed. But I try not to focus on the negative but the positive side of what we can bring.

~Angelina Jolie

Topics: Bring Every Focus Industry Must Negative Part Positive Sexism Side Try

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My whole family have all been through a difficult time. My focus is my children, our children.

~Angelina Jolie

Topics: Been Children Difficult Difficult Time Family Focus Our Through Time Whole

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Michael Brown - when he lost his life, there was more focus on what he had done sometimes than what was done to him.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Brown Done Focus Had He Him His Life Lost Michael Michael Brown More Sometimes Than

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Broadly shared progress can be achieved with policies that are designed specifically to benefit consumers and workers. And such policies need not even include redistributive taxation, which many workers oppose. Rather, they can focus on ways to encourage competition and discourage rent-seeking.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: Achieved Benefit Competition Consumers Designed Discourage Encourage Even Focus Include Many Need Oppose Policies Progress Rather Shared Specifically Taxation Ways Which Workers

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