Martin Seligman Quotes
P is positive emotion, E is engagement, R is relationships, M is meaning and A is accomplishment. Those are the five elements of what free people chose to do. Pretty much everything else is in service of one of or more of these goals. That's the human dashboard.
Quotes to Explore
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather, it has degrees and stages of development. It is like a seed growing into a fully grown, fruit-bearing tree; like the sun's image in a mirror or in a drop of water to its images on the sea's surface and to the sun itself.
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Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying.
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I'm one of those actors who fall into the camp of never wanting to look at themselves on camera ever, thank you very much. I do not and will not, because I am my worst critic.
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I no longer merely confess that I am the righteousness of Christ. I realize that with His DNA in me through His blood, I could be nothing else. I realize the attributes of His DNA reside in me - whether dormant or active.
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Barbie has always been an inspiration. Dressing her was part of ever girl's dream.
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Again and again, when Westerners are perceived as denigrating Muhammad, the Koran, or Islam, Islamists demonstrate, riot or kill.
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In my official status, I cannot comment on ET contact. However, personally, I can assure you, we are not alone!
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P is positive emotion, E is engagement, R is relationships, M is meaning and A is accomplishment. Those are the five elements of what free people chose to do. Pretty much everything else is in service of one of or more of these goals. That's the human dashboard.
