Martin Seligman Quotes
You can have meaning, accomplishment, engagement and good relationships, even if you are dull on the positive affect side.
Quotes to Explore
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.
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The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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In fact, the Senkaku Islands are... inherent territory of Japan that is recognized in our history and also by international law.
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I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They're dancer feet. They're pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they're strong - I can pinch people with my toes.
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I'm a vocabulary nerd.
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I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors.
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In comparison to other women in the world, perhaps I'm seen as smaller. But I've never had a problem thinking of myself as a large woman.
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Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.
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I love running and I will always run.
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I got a little house in East L.A. and did the gardening. I was doing some acting here and there, doing my own thing... getting back to reality.
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I'm guided by my enthusiasm.
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I don't Twitter or blog. I'm bad at small talk, and don't have good 'chat'. Talk to me about publishing, and I can go on for hours.
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The first instrument is not the final instrument.
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With a traditional human resources system, we would work with a company, select the product, customise and implement the system, and our job would be over. Some companies are changing and asking why do they need to own the HR system when they can connect to an Internet service and pay as you go?
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In all human affairs, and especially in those that relate to war, ...leave always some room to fortune, and to accidents which cannot be foreseen.
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You can have meaning, accomplishment, engagement and good relationships, even if you are dull on the positive affect side.
