Martin Seligman Quotes
The goal of a life free of dysphoria is a snare and a delusion. A better goal is of good commerce with the world. Authentic happiness, astonishingly, can occur even in the presence of authentic sadness.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it's maybe not as novel as it once was.
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The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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I believe in the impossible because no one else does.
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My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
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I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.
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I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Steve Jobs changed my life. He also changed the life of every designer.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I see my career as not just music, but as hopefully an entertainer on all mediums, and someone who can have real influence and make great art.
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All I suggest is to make K-12 like higher education. Higher education in the United States is the best in the world because these institutions compete with each other for your tuition dollar. Let's just bring competition to public education.
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That's something that the world needs to learn today: that you can disagree and still be friends.
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This is a country where we speak English, not Spanish.
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I was born in Saratoga, Texas, a little town there in the Big Thicket about 60 miles north of Beaumont. Needless to say, we were very, very poor, but we always managed to have enough to keep our bellies full.
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The goal of a life free of dysphoria is a snare and a delusion. A better goal is of good commerce with the world. Authentic happiness, astonishingly, can occur even in the presence of authentic sadness.
