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 took a long time off to have my baby and spend time with my family.
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In the end, you'll know which people really love you. They're the ones who see you for who you are and, no matter what, always find a way to be at your side.
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In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.
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Defense of free markets is where we need to be when establishing a vision for national technology policy.
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Possible controversy for the Obama campaign. Republicans are now accusing Barack Obama's campaign of voter fraud, because some of the people they've registered sound like they have fake names. Apparently, the fakest-sounding name is Barack Obama.
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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.
