590 private quotes tagged positive

“Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.” — Stephen Leacock

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“I love acting like I'm in love. It's a very positive thing.” — Amanda Seyfried

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“This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.” — Charles Barkley

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“Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.” — Yoko Ono

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“I'm getting positive feedback for my acting so we'll see if any other interesting parts come up.” — Johnny Vegas

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“I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.” — Yani Tseng

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“The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.” — Tom Peters

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“Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.” — Hans Selye

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“I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.” — Barry Williams

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“Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work, instead of retirement, then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly, the disabled, then again that's very positive.” — Theresa May

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“Why should conservationists have a positive interest in... farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat.” — Wendell Berry

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“My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material.” — Tommy Chong

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“I don't personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn't having a particularly balanced day anyway. But negative attitudes just amuse me more than positive ones.” — Lev Yilmaz

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“The past 6 and a half years have been the most amazing years of my life. It's sad it has come to an end but Avril and I are still family and moving forward in the most positive way possible.” — Deryck Whibley

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“I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.” — Venus Williams

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“I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.” — Mike Krzyzewski

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“I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.” — Kevin James

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“African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.” — Mos Def

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“I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.” — Eddie Izzard

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“I had never had a positive leading character - somebody that wasn't an antihero, or who wasn't more of a guy that you're supposed to be on the side of.” — Gus Van Sant

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“I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.” — Jason Mraz

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“I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes.” — Robert Duvall

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“I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.” — Tracey Ullman

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“I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet.” — Jose Saramago

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“If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences - where things turn out better than you thought they would - ought to be in there somewhere, too.” — George Saunders

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