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.Martin Seligman
Quotes to Explore
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
Maajid Nawaz -
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.
Jack Reynor -
The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there.
Ian Holm -
The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
Foster Friess -
In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
Oscar Wilde -
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.
Ted Cruz
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I believe in the impossible because no one else does.
Florence Griffith Joyner -
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!
Samuel Lover -
I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.
Dan Farmer -
I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
Lana Turner -
The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
Mae Jemison
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Steve Jobs changed my life. He also changed the life of every designer.
Yves Behar -
Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
Aaron Neville -
We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
Victor Mitchell -
It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
Manfred von Richthofen -
Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.
Lara St. John -
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.
Vaclav Klaus
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I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
Oliver Cromwell -
Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
Saint Augustine -
My dream was always to be on the cover of 'Sports Illustrated.'
Kate Upton -
I think it's much richer and much more fun to be an artist than to be anything else. I can't think of a better life than acting.
Edward Herrmann -
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.
Martin Seligman