476 private quotes tagged attitude

“I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc.” — Diane Wakoski

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“My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. I'm very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and I'd save it for like five months. And then I'd spend it on Christmas presents. I'd save up like eight pounds. It's nothing, but we did that.” — Gemma Arterton

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“Too many people say to their brokers, I can't deal with this. Take my money. Do what you want. That's the worst attitude you can have.” — Maria Bartiromo

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“If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: a theoretical attitude toward it becomes real only in the living appropriation of its contents from the texts.” — Karl Jaspers

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“I am shocked by the easy attitude of many in the media towards disclosing our Nation's secrets.” — Todd Tiahrt

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“I always give Lindsay so much credit for her tennis game, for her attitude, for her person, and because of how she deals with all the things. I don't think people give her enough credit for how well she's doing.” — Martina Hingis

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“I don't know that I have any role models now that are fixed. Definitely my mom - she's the coolest. She's worked really hard her whole life and I just think she's got a great attitude. Moms just know so much it's so silly.” — Larisa Oleynik

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“It's tricky. I've never been standing at the top of the tree with tons of money thrown at me. I've never really had a profile. So in a way I have this 'nothing to lose' attitude.” — Joel Edgerton

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“Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit.” — Martha Reeves

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“It's better for me to play with guys because Rock 'n' Roll has such an aggressive attitude.” — Lita Ford

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“I kind of resent this attitude of men that we somehow must always look good.” — Sharon Gless

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“I'm a big fan of Courtney Love. I love Hole and I love her acting and I love her attitude. I just hope I never meet her in a dark alley.” — Jeff Ross

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“I do support a sex-positive attitude for young people. Use condoms, that's important. I love the idea that promiscuity can be healthy but it's got some dodgy crevasses. Ooh, that's a bad reference! But it's got some dangerous cavities there. You know what I'm saying.” — Rachael Taylor

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“The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.” — W. Averell Harriman

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“As I wrote, I found that Aibileen had some things to say that really weren't in her character. She was older, soft-spoken, and she started showing some attitude.” — Kathryn Stockett

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“I like England more than I did when I left. It's become a bit of a better country in the last ten years, in the attitude of it. A bit more Americanized, which is both good and bad. At least when you order a cup of coffee they don't give you a hard time.” — Teddy Thompson

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“What a stupid attitude we have in this country to personal stories.” — Amanda Burton

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“I have a Woody Allen Jewish attitude to life: that it's all going to be disastrous. That it hasn't all been that way is simply down to some random quirk of fate.” — Antony Sher

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“My attitude toward graduate students was different, I must say. I used graduate students as colleagues: I gave them the best problems to work on, and I encouraged them.” — Frank Press

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“Tommie Aaron taught me how to have a good attitude, to be easy going and not get uptight.” — Dale Murphy

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“In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.” — Marya Mannes

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“In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.'” — Keith O'Brien

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“Any time I need to get a serious attitude adjustment, I put on one of their records, and there are examples there for all time to keep us honest and keep us reaching they'll never be eclipsed.” — Benny Green

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“I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.” — Dennis Eckersley

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“I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue.” — Guillermo del Toro

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