Martin Seligman Quotes
Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
Marc Almond Soft Cell
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I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.
Nancy Pickard
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
Edmonia Lewis
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Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud.
Karen Bender
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
Aaron Sanchez
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My kids miss me when I'm away, but I don't mind living out of a suitcase. The U.K., U.S., France, Germany, Iraq... it's such a thrill meeting people of different cultures, learning about and from them. It's changed my perception about life, humanity and spirituality.
A. R. Rahman
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I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
Odell Beckham, Jr.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
Dale Evans
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It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
Dan Chaon
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You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
Danica Patrick
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
Aaron Eckhart
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
Lara Spencer
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Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.
Adam McKay
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
Ice T
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
Orson Pratt
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A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
Rabindranath Tagore
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
Sabrina Carpenter
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People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful!
Margaret Forster
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
Ian Botham
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I interned for the Knicks for one year doing community relations, but I absolutely hated it. It was a desk job, and the team was not good at all, and I didn't realize how much that correlated to the office. It was just gray, gloomy days.
Ramon Rodriguez
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Though I have had no adventures, I feel capable of them.
Anna Katharine Green
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To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare to remain incorrect?
Confucius
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Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.
Martin Seligman