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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In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.
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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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You live till you die, and that's the end of it. What good is your legacy when you are dead? I worry about being alive, selling work, having fun, moving and doing things when I am alive.
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I think when real life interrupts fantasy, it's always shocking.
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The world loves a peaceful man, but it gives way to a strenuous kicker.
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Not everyone who goes to Washington becomes Washington.
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The demise of Reconstruction had made it hard for blacks to acquire capital or to pass on property to their children. As blacks were driven from all but the most limited spheres of business and political life, the prestige of the professional rose in the black community.
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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.
